Leninist

[ len-uh-nist ]

/ ˈlɛn ə nɪst /

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adjective

of or relating to Lenin or to Leninism.

noun

an advocate or supporter of Lenin or Leninism.

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Also Le·nin·ite

[len-uh-nahyt]. /ˈlɛn əˌnaɪt/.

Origin of Leninist

First recorded in 1915–20; Lenin + -ist

In Western political terms, we might think of them as a Leninist vanguard.
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But this is the desperate logic of Leninist dreamers, not a reasoned plan.
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Indeed, Russia had become a dangerous compound of medieval authoritarianism combined with a chiliastic Marxist-Leninist ideology.
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After this six-and-a-half-hour civics lesson, let us now return to the Leninist mode: that of crushing the opposition.
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This chapter also affirms the Marxist-Leninist principles that underlie the functioning of the state and the society.
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