Leninism
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noun
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the political and economic theories of Lenin
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another name for Marxism-Leninism
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The essential thing to understand about Mr. Putin, she begins, is that he isn’t a Marxist or a communist or even a defender of Leninism or Stalinism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
One would introduce me to what Leninism was.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2019
I don't see how you can conflate the leader of the British Labour Party and Leninism or Communism.
From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2017
He received his PhD from Harvard in 1953 for a thesis on the relations between the Leninism of the October Revolution and Stalin’s state.
From The Guardian • May 28, 2017
It came to be used interchangeably with Leninism, as a synonym.
From Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy by Spargo, John
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