Definition of Bolshevism in English:
Bolshevism
noun ˈbɒlʃəˌvɪz(ə)mˈboʊlʃəˌvɪzəm
mass nounThe communist form of government adopted in Russia following the Bolshevik revolution of 1917.
enthusiastic supporters of Bolshevism
Example sentencesExamples
- I'd be the last to say that anarchism would have succeeded any better than Bolshevism did.
- The writer's interest in Bolshevism was literary rather than political.
- Both authors set Bolshevism in the mainstream of European social thinking.
- His romantic longings are a strategic critique of the faceless rationalism of Bolshevism.
- He had largely abandoned the notion that he could enlist the Church in the front line against Bolshevism.
Origin
Russian bol′shevizm, from bolʹshe 'greater' (see Bolshevik).
Definition of Bolshevism in US English:
Bolshevism
nounˈbōlSHəˌvizəmˈboʊlʃəˌvɪzəm
The communist form of government adopted in Russia following the Bolshevik revolution of 1917.
enthusiastic supporters of Bolshevism
Example sentencesExamples
- Both authors set Bolshevism in the mainstream of European social thinking.
- He had largely abandoned the notion that he could enlist the Church in the front line against Bolshevism.
- His romantic longings are a strategic critique of the faceless rationalism of Bolshevism.
- The writer's interest in Bolshevism was literary rather than political.
- I'd be the last to say that anarchism would have succeeded any better than Bolshevism did.
Origin
Russian bol′shevizm, from bolʹshe ‘greater’ (see Bolshevik).