Bolshevism

[bohl-shuh-viz-uh m, bol-]

noun

the doctrines, methods, or procedure of the Bolsheviks.
(sometimes lowercase) the principles or practices of ultraradical socialists or political ultraradicals generally.

Also bol·she·vism, Bol·she·vik·ism, bol·she·vik·ism

[bohl-shuh-vi-kiz-uh m, bol-] /ˈboʊl ʃə vɪˌkɪz əm, ˈbɒl-/.

Origin of Bolshevism

First recorded in 1915–20; Bolshev(ik) + -ism

Related formsan·ti-Bol·she·vism, nounnon-Bol·she·vism, nounpro·Bol·she·vism, noun

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Related Words for bolshevism

communism, totalitarianism, socialism, collectivism, Maoism, Leninism, Bolshevism, Fabianism, Marxism

Examples from the Web for bolshevism

Contemporary Examples of bolshevism

What Tismaneau is clear on is how Bolshevism and Nazism both desired a scapegoat to achieve their end goals.
Communism and Fascism: The Reason They Are So Similar
J.P. O’Malley
September 28, 2012
While Bolshevism was a dictatorship of the proletariat, Nazism was a dictatorship with a voting consensus behind it.
Communism and Fascism: The Reason They Are So Similar
J.P. O’Malley
September 28, 2012
Bolshevism was the linchpin that held all the other facets of conspiracy together.
Soviet Communism’s Collapse Left America’s Far Right Without a Real Foe
Lee Siegel
April 12, 2012

Historical Examples of bolshevism

It was not only starvation that had to be fought; it was approaching anarchy, it was Bolshevism.
Herbert Hoover
Vernon Kellogg
You mean that when Bolshevism rules there are to be rich and poor just the same as at present?
The Crimson Tide
Robert W. Chambers
Bolshevism will be the law of to-morrow and wear even a higher name than Christianity.
Erik Dorn
Ben Hecht
In the Middle East, also, Bolshevism gained important successes.
The New World of Islam
Lothrop Stoddard
Bolshevism is not only the antithesis of Capitalism but its mortal enemy.
The American Empire
Scott Nearing