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Leninism

[ len-uh-niz-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the form of Communism as taught by Lenin, with emphasis on the dictatorship of the proletariat.

Leninism

/ ˈlɛnɪˌnɪzəm /

First recorded in 1915–20; Lenin + -ism

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Russia and China, along with some of their old satellite states, have traded Marx and Lenin for Market Leninism.

It seems to me something like Marxism, Leninism, also in the English language.

It came to be used interchangeably with Leninism, as a synonym.

Based on Marxism-Leninism, it is geared to indoctrinate party members but is provided for nonparty members as well.

The fewest pamphlet titles dealt with atheism and religion, Marxism-Leninism, languages, and labor and trade unions.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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