BolshevikBol‧she‧vik /ˈbɒlʃəvɪk $ ˈboʊl-/ noun [countable] 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINBolshevik
ExamplesOrigin:
1900-2000 Russian bol'shevik, from bol'she ‘larger’; because they formed the largest group in the Communist partyEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- A new Central Committee was elected and the Bolshevik faction became a fully-fledged independent party.
- In 1909 Lenin succeeded in having Bogdanov expelled from the Bolshevik faction.
- It was one of those Bolshevik instruments of nation-wide control which will be studied in the next chapter.
- The Bolsheviks, on the insistent urging of Lenin, moved with caution in relation to nationalisation during this period.
- The consistently revolutionary wing of Social Democracy, the Bolsheviks, became the authentic vanguard of the proletariat.
- The only positive line of local-central political communication was the Bolshevik Party network.
- Until the late summer the Bolsheviks were outnumbered by moderate socialists in most popular forums.
WORD SETS► Groupings
Collocationsagitate, verbagitation, nounagitator, nounbipartisan, adjectivebipartite, adjectivebloc, nounBolshevik, nouncapitalism, nouncentrist, adjectivecoalition, nouncommie, nouncommunism, nouncommunist, nouncommunist, adjectiveCon, confederacy, nounconfederate, nounconfederation, nouncongress, nounconservatism, nounDem., disloyal, adjectivedissident, noundivide, verbdivisive, adjectivefascism, nounfascist, nounfederal, adjectivefederate, verbfederation, nounfront, nounginger group, nounhegemony, nounheterodox, adjectiveIndependent, nouninfighting, nouninterest group, nounIRA, nounIron Curtain, the, Lab, Labour, nounleftie, nounleftist, adjectiveleft-of-centre, adjectiveleft-wing, adjectivelefty, nounLib Dem, nounLiberal, nounLiberal Democrats, nounLiberal Party, loyalist, nounLuddite, nounmachine, nounmajority leader, nounminority leader, nounmoderate, adjectivemoderate, nounmonarchist, nounmovement, nounnationalism, nounnationalist, adjectivenationalist, nounNazi, nounneutral, adjectivenon-partisan, adjectivepalace revolution, nounparamilitary, adjectivepartisan, adjectivepartisan, nounparty, nounparty political, adjectiveparty politics, nounpinko, nounpro-, prefixpro-choice, adjectiveR, rabble-rousing, nounradical, nounrally, nounreactionary, adjectiverealign, verbrebel, nounrebellion, nounrebellious, adjectivered, adjectivered, nounrepublican, nounrevolt, nounrevolt, verbrevolutionary, adjectiverevolutionary, nounrightist, adjectiveright-of-centre, adjectiveright-wing, adjectiveroyalist, nounseparatist, nounspecial interest group, nounsplinter group, nounsplit, verbsubcommittee, nounsubversion, nounsuffragette, nounsympathizer, nounsympathy, nountendency, nounTory, nounTrotskyite, nountrue-blue, adjectiveUnionist, nounuprising, nounWhig, nounwing, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► party
1someone who supported the communist party at the time of the Russian Revolution in 19172 old-fashioned an insulting way of talking about a Communist or someone who has strong left-wing opinions—bolshevik adjective· The only positive line of local-central political communication was the Bolshevik Party network.· With the death of Lenin, the Leninists soon found themselves in a minority in the Bolshevik party they had created.· The Bolshevik Party was therefore especially eager to win over minds by means of cultural and ideological propaganda and education.· After the Civil War, the Bolshevik party had recreated itself in response to events; it was virtually a new organization.· But, under Lenin's brilliant leadership, the Bolshevik party was able to resist all such deviations.· Yet for lack of personnel, funds, and initiative, Bolshevik Party members were not making sufficient capital out of the situation.
► revolution· The radical right's anxieties had been further strengthened by the effects of the Bolshevik revolution of 1917.· The Vatican had taken a consistently anti-communist line in the years since the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.· The Communists were in control of the unemployed demonstrations, they had the reflected glory of the Bolshevik revolution.· The 1917 Bolshevik revolution brought more bloodshed.· We shall have to wait for the year 2017 to see what the culture-ideology of consumerism makes of the Bolshevik revolution!· After the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 her commitment to the international socialist movement intensified.· The fort became a prison and was blown up by partisans during the Civil War following the Bolshevik Revolution.