Bolshevism
Americannoun
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the doctrines, methods, or procedure of the Bolsheviks.
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(sometimes lowercase) the principles or practices of ultraradical socialists or political ultraradicals generally.
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Etymology
Origin of Bolshevism
First recorded in 1915–20; Bolshev(ik) + -ism
Example Sentences
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The most serious threat to liberalism was the irruption of Bolshevism, Fascism and Nazism between 1917 and 1945.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Just as many of the Nazis they were dealing with saw the Cold War as part two of their own epic crusade against Bolshevism.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2015
“He believed that Bolshevism is absolute evil,” wrote the grandson, Peter Basilevsky, in 2007.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 21, 2015
He reacted furiously against any suggestion that Bolshevism was a new religion, writing to Gorky in 1913 that trying to construct a new god was an exercise in necrophilia.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 8, 2011
"Bolshevism" is to-day known universally, though its meaning is not by any means so universal.
From Bolshevism: A Curse & Danger to the Workers by H. W. (Henry William) Lee
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