Etymology

liquidationism

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Today it means: In Marxist theory, the ideological liquidation (negation) of the revolutionary party program or the hierarchical leadership by party members. Full definition →

Russian Ликвидаторство (Likvidatorstvo) ← English liquidation ← Middle French liquidation
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*wleykʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wlikʷéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*(w)likʷēō
  4. Latinliqueō
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  6. Classical Latinliquidus
  7. Late Latinliquidō
  8. Late Latinliquidātu
  9. Englishliquidate
  10. Late Latinliquidō
  11. Italianliquidare
  12. Middle Frenchliquider
  13. Middle Frenchliquidation
  14. Englishliquidation
  15. RussianЛиквидаторство (Likvidatorstvo)
  16. English todayliquidationism

From liquidation + -ism. Calque of Russian Ликвидаторство (Likvidatorstvo). First attested in 1909.

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