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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Men•she•vik (men′shə vik; Russ. myin shi vyēk′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -viks, -vik•i (-vik′ē, -vē′kē; Russ. -vyi kyē′).USA pronunciation - Governmenta member of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' party in opposition to the Bolsheviks: advocated gradual development of full socialism through parliamentary government and cooperation with bourgeois parties;
absorbed into the Communist party formed in 1918. Also, men′she•vik. - Russian men’shevík, equivalent. to mén’sh(iĭ) lesser (comparative of málen’kiĭ small; compare men’shinstvó minority) + -evik, variant of -ovik noun, nominal suffix
- 1905–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Menshevik /ˈmɛnʃɪvɪk/, Menshevist n - a member of the moderate wing of the Russian Social Democratic Party, advocating gradual reform to achieve socialism
Compare Bolshevik
Etymology: 20th Century: from Russian, literally: minority, from menshe less, from malo fewˈMenshevism n |