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noun, plural Bol·she·viks, Bol·she·vik·i 
[-vik-ee, -vee-kee; Russ. -vyi-kyee] .
[-vik-ee, -vee-kee; Russ. -vyi-kyee] . 1.
(in Russia)
a.
a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat.
b.
(after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist party.
2.
(loosely) a member of any Communist party.
3.
Disparaging. an extreme political radical; revolutionary or anarchist.
Also, bol·she·vik.
Origin:
1915–20; < Russian bolʾshevík, equivalent to bólʾsh(iĭ) larger, greater (comparative of bolʾshóĭ large; compare bolʾshinstvó majority) + -evik, variant of -ovik noun suffix; compare Menshevik
1915–20; < Russian bolʾshevík, equivalent to bólʾsh(iĭ) larger, greater (comparative of bolʾshóĭ large; compare bolʾshinstvó majority) + -evik, variant of -ovik noun suffix; compare Menshevik
Related forms
an·ti-Bol·she·vik, noun, adjective
non-Bol·she·vik, noun
pro-Bol·she·vik, adjective, noun
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Bolshevik
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World English Dictionary
| Bolshevik (ˈbɒlʃɪvɪk) | |
| —n , pl -viks, -viki | |
| 1. | Compare Menshevik (formerly) a Russian Communist |
| 2. | any Communist |
| 3. | jocular, derogatory (often not capital) any political radical, esp a revolutionary |
| [C20: from Russian Bol'shevik majority, from bol'shoi great; from the fact that this group formed a majority of the Russian Social Democratic Party in 1903] | |
| 'Bolshevism | |
| —n | |
| 'Bolshevist | |
| —adj, —n | |
| Bolshe'vistic | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
Bolshevik
1917, from Rus. bol'shiy "greater," comp. of adj. bol'shoy "big, great" (cf. Bolshoi Ballet), from O.C.S. boljiji "larger," from PIE base *bel- "strong" (cf. Skt. balam "strength, force," Gk. beltion "better," Phrygian balaios "big, fast," O.Ir. odbal "strong," Welsh balch "proud;" M.Du., Low Ger., Fris.
EXPANDpal "strong, firm"). It was the faction of the Russian Social Democratic Worker's Party after a split in 1903 that was either larger or more extreme (or both) than the Mensheviks (from Rus. men'shij "less"); after they seized power in 1917, applied generally to Rus. communists. Bolshevism is recorded from 1917.
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