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Bol⋅she⋅vism

  [bohl-shuh-viz-uhm, bol-]
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–noun
1. the doctrines, methods, or procedure of the Bolsheviks.
2. (sometimes lowercase) the principles or practices of ultraradical socialists or political ultraradicals generally.
Also, bol⋅she⋅vism, Bol⋅she⋅vik⋅ism, bol⋅she⋅vik⋅ism  [bohl-shuh-vi-kiz-uhm, bol-] .

Origin:
1915–20; Bolshev(ik) + -ism
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Bol·she·vism also bol·she·vism   (bōl'shə-vĭz'əm, bŏl'-)   
n.  

  1. The strategy developed by the Bolsheviks between 1903 and 1917 with a view to seizing state power and establishing a dictatorship of the proletariat.

  2. Soviet Communism.


[Bolshev(ik) + -ism.]
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