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.
Other Word Forms
- anti-Bolshevism noun
- non-Bolshevism noun
- pro-Bolshevism noun
Etymology
Origin of Bolshevism
First recorded in 1915–20; Bolshev(ik) + -ism
Example Sentences
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Jochen Hellbeck is under no doubt that Bolshevism was Hitler’s primary concern and the Soviet Union his principal nemesis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
But Bolshevism on Trial is the movie that the Jennings Daily Times-Record of Jennings, Louisiana famously proclaimed “the timeliest picture ever screened” on June 3, 1919!
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2020
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
Slightly less superficial observers hit upon the abstract principle of "Liberty" as the keynote of Americanism, interpreting this justly esteemed principle as anything from Bolshevism to the right to drink 2.75 per cent. beer.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)
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