democratic centralism

noun

1. the Leninist principle that policy should be decided centrally by officials, who are nominally democratically elected

Example Sentences

In a September 2009 New Yorker profile, Holbrooke described his method as “a form of democratic centralism.”

From The Daily Beast

All organs of the party are closely interrelated and operate on the principle of democratic centralism.

From Project Gutenberg

The entire process has been said to represent the application of democratic centralism to planning.

From Project Gutenberg

Central to the observance of basic communist policy is adherence to the principles of democratic centralism.

From Project Gutenberg