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Bolshevik
[bohl-shuh-vik, bol-, buhl-shi-vyeek]
noun
plural
Bolsheviks, Bolsheviki(in Russia)
a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat.
(after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
(loosely) a member of any Communist party.
(often lowercase)a contemptuous term used to refer to an extreme radical or revolutionary.
Bolshevik
/ ˈɒʃɪɪ /
noun
(formerly) a Russian Communist Compare Menshevik
any Communist
humorous(often not capital) any political radical, esp a revolutionary
Other Word Forms
- anti-Bolshevik noun
- non-Bolshevik noun
- pro-Bolshevik adjective
- ˈDZˌ noun
- ˈDZ𱹾 adjective
- ˌDZˈپ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of Bolshevik1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Bolshevik1
Example Sentences
Born in 1927, a decade after the Bolshevik Revolution, his work was steeped in the traditions of classical ballet.
The diplomatic whirlwind that has surrounded US President Donald Trump this week suggests the old Bolshevik might have been onto something.
Leadership values change, but being placed under permanent house arrest by the Bolsheviks at the luxury Hotel Metropol in “A Gentleman in Moscow” doesn’t stop Alexander from dressing the aristocratic part.
In the years after Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, many Russian Jews supported and participated in the country that became known as the Soviet Union.
As ill-will from the Allies' betrayal at Versailles festered, activists turned away from Western liberal democracies and looked instead to the Bolshevik revolution in Russia as a source of inspiration for the future.
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