Meanings
- MarxismuncountableIn Marxist theory, the ideological liquidation (negation) of the revolutionary party program or the hierarchical leadership by party members.
1 more example
1919, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy, Volume 2, translated from German by Eden and Cedar Paul, page 298. In their endeavour to be a purely proletarian party they penalised the intelligentsia, and the more extreme and radical section among them even demanded that the party should become wholly a mass movement, for leadership, they said, was improper and must be abolished (must be "liquidated," whence this trend was called "liquidationism").
Antonyms: anti-liquidationism, partyism
- uncountableeconomicsThe libertarian belief that no actions to mitigate the effects of recessions should be taken by the government or the central bank, since the liquidation of struggling companies is a solution in itself.
Antonyms: anti-liquidationism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounIn Marxist theory, the ideological liquidation (negation) of the revolutionary party program or the hierarchical leadership by party members.
nounThe libertarian belief that no actions to mitigate the effects of recessions should be taken by the government or the central bank, since the liquidation of struggling companies is a solution in itself.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wleykʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wlikʷéh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*(w)likʷēō
- Latinliqueō
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Classical Latinliquidus
- Late Latinliquidō
- Late Latinliquidātu
- Englishliquidate
- Late Latinliquidō
- Italianliquidare
- Middle Frenchliquider
- Middle Frenchliquidation
- Englishliquidation
- RussianЛиквидаторство (Likvidatorstvo)
- Englishliquidationism
From liquidation + -ism. Calque of Russian Ликвидаторство (Likvidatorstvo). First attested in 1909.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Greek λικβινταρισμός
- λικβινταρισμός (likvintarismós)Translations
Portuguese liquidanismo
- liquidanismoTranslations
Spanish liquidanismo
- liquidanismoTranslations
Cite this entry
liquidationism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liquidationism
“liquidationism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liquidationism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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