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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Origin of Bolshevism
First recorded in 1915–20; Bolshev(ik) + -ism
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In “World Enemy No. 1,” the author charts the development of Nazi anticommunism, from its origins immediately after World War I, and the way the movement systematically targeted Jews as supposed agents of international Bolshevism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
But what this analysis fails to consider is that I first encountered Bolshevism on Trial at a very impressionable age!
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2020
Xenophobia was further exacerbated by the Russian Revolution and the manufactured threat of Bolshevism, or the “Red Menace.”
From The New Yorker • Feb. 4, 2017
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
"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 Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
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