Leninist

[ len-uh-nist ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Lenin or to Leninism.

noun

1. an advocate or supporter of Lenin or Leninism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Leninist¹

First recorded in 1915–20; Lenin + -ist

Example Sentences

In Western political terms, we might think of them as a Leninist vanguard.

From The Daily Beast

But this is the desperate logic of Leninist dreamers, not a reasoned plan.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed, Russia had become a dangerous compound of medieval authoritarianism combined with a chiliastic Marxist-Leninist ideology.

From The Daily Beast

After this six-and-a-half-hour civics lesson, let us now return to the Leninist mode: that of crushing the opposition.

From The Daily Beast

This chapter also affirms the Marxist-Leninist principles that underlie the functioning of the state and the society.

From Project Gutenberg