Meanings
plural Leninisms
- uncountableusuallyA political ideology developed by Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party, as the political prelude to the establishment of communism.
Lenin is very dead (if not yet buried, I wonder what Putin is waiting for); but Leninism is quite alive.
2017, Spandrell, Biological Leninism, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2025, page 1
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe political and economic theories of Lenin which provided the guiding doctrine of the Soviet Union; the modification of Marxism by Lenin stressed that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism (which shifts the struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Lenin + -ism, named after Vladimir Lenin.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لِينِينِيَّة
- لِينِينِيَّة (līnīniyya)political philosophy
Bengali লেনিনবাদ
- লেনিনবাদ (leninbad)political philosophy
Bulgarian ленини́зъм
- ленини́зъм (leninízăm)political philosophy
Catalan leninisme
- leninismepolitical philosophy
Chinese Mandarin 列寧主義 /列宁主义
- 列寧主義 /列宁主义 (lièníngzhǔyì)political philosophy
Czech leninismus
- leninismuspolitical philosophy
Danish leninisme
- leninismepolitical philosophy
Dutch leninisme
- leninismepolitical philosophy
Esperanto leninismo
- leninismopolitical philosophy
Estonian leninism
- leninismpolitical philosophy
Finnish leninismi
- leninismipolitical philosophy
French léninisme
- léninismepolitical philosophy
German Leninismus
- Leninismuspolitical philosophy
Greek λενινισμός
- λενινισμός (leninismós)political philosophy
Hebrew לֶנִינִיזְם
- לֶנִינִיזְם (leninízm)political philosophy
Hindi लेनिनवाद
- लेनिनवाद (leninvād)political philosophy
Hungarian leninizmus
- leninizmuspolitical philosophy
Indonesian Leninisme
- Leninismepolitical philosophy
Italian leninismo
- leninismopolitical philosophy
Japanese レーニン主義, レーニズム
- レーニン主義 (rēninshugi)political philosophy
- レーニズム (rēninizumu)political philosophy
Korean 레닌주의
- 레닌주의 (reninjuui)political philosophy
Latvian ļeņinisms
- ļeņinismspolitical philosophy
Lithuanian leninizmas
- leninizmaspolitical philosophy
Malay Leninisme
- Leninismepolitical philosophy
Norwegian Bokmål leninisme
- leninismepolitical philosophy
Persian لنینیسم
- لنینیسم (leninism)political philosophy
Polish leninizm
- leninizmpolitical philosophy
Portuguese leninismo
- leninismopolitical philosophy
Romanian leninism
- leninismpolitical philosophy
Russian ленини́зм
- ленини́зм (leninízm)political philosophy
Slovak leninizmus
- leninizmuspolitical philosophy
Spanish leninismo
- leninismopolitical philosophy
Swedish leninism
- leninismpolitical philosophy
Tagalog leninismo
- leninismopolitical philosophy
Tamil லெனினிசம்
- லெனினிசம் (leṉiṉicam)political philosophy
Thai ลัทธิเลนิน
- ลัทธิเลนิน (lát-tí-lee-nin)political philosophy
Turkish Leninizm, Lenincilik
- Leninizmpolitical philosophy
- Lenincilikpolitical philosophy
Ukrainian леніні́зм
- леніні́зм (leninízm)political philosophy
Vietnamese chủ nghia Lê-nin
- chủ nghia Lê-ninpolitical philosophy
Yiddish לעניניזם
- לעניניזם (leninizm)political philosophy
Cite this entry
Leninism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leninism
“Leninism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leninism. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Leninism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leninism.
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