ALL meanings of menshevik
Men·she·vik
M m - noun plural menshevik a member of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party in opposition to the Bolsheviks: advocated gradual development of full socialism through parliamentary government and cooperation with bourgeois parties; absorbed into the Communist party formed in 1918. 1
- noun menshevik (now chiefly historical) A member of the gradualist or moderate wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party during the years preceding the Russian Revolution, when they split with the Bolsheviks; or a member of a later independent moderate-Marxist party formed in 1917. 0
- noun menshevik a member of the moderate wing of the Russian Social Democratic Party, advocating gradual reform to achieve socialism 0
- noun menshevik a member of the minority faction (Mensheviki) of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party, which opposed the more radical majority faction (Bolsheviki) from 1903 on 0
- adjective menshevik of, characteristic of, or like the Mensheviks 0