Meanings
comparative more Bolshevist · superlative most Bolshevist
- Adhering or related to Bolshevism.
He regarded the attempts to introduce empiriocriticism into Marxist philosophy as a typical symptom of the basic Bolshevist attitude.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 351
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to Bolshevism
nouna Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party
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Origin
- Russianбольшевист
- EnglishBolshevist
Borrowed from Russian большевист (bolʹševist).
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