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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024Bol•she•vik /ˈboʊlʃəvɪk, -ˌvik, ˈbɑl-/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -viks, -vik•i /-ˌvɪki, -ˌviki/.USA pronunciation - Government
- Governmenta member of the radical part of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party, 1903–17.
- (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
- Governmenta member of any Communist Party.
- Government[often: bolshevik] Disparaging. any person with radical or revolutionary political ideas.
Bol•she•vism /ˈboʊlʃəˌvɪzəm, ˈbɑl/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]Bol•she•vist, n. [countable],[adj.] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Bol•she•vik (bōl′shə vik, bol′-; Russ. bəl shi vyēk′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -viks, -vik•i (-vik′ē, -vē′kē; Russ. -vyi kyē′).USA pronunciation - Government(in Russia)
- a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat.
- (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist party.
- Government(loosely) a member of any Communist party.
- Government, Slang Terms[Derogatory.]an extreme political radical;
revolutionary or anarchist. Also, bol′she•vik. - Russian bol’shevík, equivalent. to ból’sh(iĭ) larger, greater (comparative of bol’shóĭ large; compare bol’shinstvó majority) + -evik, variant of -ovik noun, nominal suffix; compare Menshevik
- 1915–20
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Bolshevik /ˈbɒlʃɪvɪk/ n ( pl -viks, -viki / -ˈviːkɪ/)- (formerly) a Russian Communist
Compare Menshevik - any Communist
- (often not capital) jocular derogatory any political radical, esp a revolutionary
Etymology: 20th Century: from Russian Bol'shevik majority, from bol'shoi great; from the fact that this group formed a majority of the Russian Social Democratic Party in 1903ˈBolsheˌvism n ˈBolshevist adj , n ˌBolsheˈvistic adj |