Jump To:

• Sovietism
  Sovietism

  noun

  a soviet system of government.
• sovietism
  sovietism

  noun

  the principle or practice of government through soviets, esp as practised in the former Soviet Union

Sovietism

American  

[soh-vee-i-tiz-uhm] / ˈsoʊ vi ɪˌtɪz əm /

noun

1. (sometimes lowercase) a soviet system of government.

2. (often lowercase) the practices and principles of a soviet government, especially as it implies communism.

3. a characteristic, mannerism, phrase, etc., expressive of or identifiable with the ideology of the Soviet Union.

---

sovietism British  

/ ˈsɒv-, ˈsəʊvɪɪˌtɪzəm /

noun

1. the principle or practice of government through soviets, esp as practised in the former Soviet Union

2. any characteristic deemed representative of Soviet ideology

---

Other Word Forms

• Sovietist
  noun
• sovietist
  noun
• sovietistic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Sovietism

First recorded in 1915–20; soviet + -ism

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Sovietism sovietism

They were ploughed through by decades of Sovietism.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2014

Many an artist hates and fears Sovietism as inimical to Art.*

From Time Magazine Archive

What, then, is my arraignment of sovietism according to the soviet constitution?

From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Jahns, Lewis E.