democratic centralism

British  

noun

1. the Leninist principle that policy should be decided centrally by officials, who are nominally democratically elected

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Example Sentences

To no one's surprise, the central committee formally endorsed the Berlinguer line and, in accordance with the Leninist dictum of "democratic centralism," formally closed ranks.

From Time Magazine Archive

According to the principle of "democratic centralism," party rule would be exerted downward through a tightly knit administration.

From Time Magazine Archive

While the United States remain the great American power, that system, or its kindred system, democratic centralism, can never become an American system, as Maximilian's experiment in Mexico is likely to prove.

From The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny by Brownson, Orestes Augustus