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leninism

Le·nin·ism
L l

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [len-uh-niz-uh m]
    • /ˈlɛn əˌnɪz əm/
    • /ˈle.nə.ˌnɪ.zəm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [len-uh-niz-uh m]
    • /ˈlɛn əˌnɪz əm/

Definitions of leninism word

  • noun leninism the form of Communism as taught by Lenin, with emphasis on the dictatorship of the proletariat. 1
  • noun leninism the political and economic theories of Lenin 0
  • noun leninism the communist theories, doctrines, policies, and methods of Lenin, including esp. his theory of the dictatorship of the proletariat and analysis of imperialism: a development of Marxism 0

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Origin of leninism

First appearance:

before 1915
One of the 14% newest English words
First recorded in 1915-20; Lenin + -ism

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Parts of speech for Leninism

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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Synonyms for leninism

noun leninism

  • totalitarianism — the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
  • socialism — a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
  • bolshevism — Bolshevism is the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
  • collectivism — Collectivism is the political belief that a country's industries and services should be owned and controlled by the state or by all the people in a country. Socialism and communism are both forms of collectivism.
  • marxism — the system of economic and political thought developed by Karl Marx, along with Friedrich Engels, especially the doctrine that the state throughout history has been a device for the exploitation of the masses by a dominant class, that class struggle has been the main agency of historical change, and that the capitalist system, containing from the first the seeds of its own decay, will inevitably, after the period of the dictatorship of the proletariat, be superseded by a socialist order and a classless society.

Antonyms for leninism

noun leninism

  • capitalism — Capitalism is an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are owned by private individuals and not by the state.
  • democracy — A democracy is a country in which the people choose their government by voting for it.

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