Bolshevist
Americannoun
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a follower or advocate of the doctrines or methods of the Bolsheviks.
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(sometimes lowercase) an ultraradical socialist; any political ultraradical.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Bolshevist
First recorded in 1915–20; Bolshev(ik) + -ist
Example Sentences
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In the late 1920s, Ahn was falsely accused of being a Bolshevist and deported from the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2021
On his return to Paris his peace proposal, involving recognition of the Bolshevist regime, was suddenly tossed into the waste basket by Messrs. Wilson and Lloyd George.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was bombarded by the French after the Bolshevist Revolution of 1917.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bryan's last years, notorious for fanatic championship of "fundamentalism" as opposed to "modern ism" and evolution, Author Long explains ruefully as post-War hysteria in line with Lusk laws and Bolshevist scares.
From Time Magazine Archive
The worst of them made up uglier names than Bolshevist even, and allowed the brutal side of their natures to dwell on imaginary enormities which they attributed to the knights.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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