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Bolshevik

(bɒlʃɪvɪk)

Word forms: plural Bolsheviks

1. adjective

Bolshevik is used to describe the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.

Seventy-four years after the Bolshevik Revolution, the Soviet era ended.

...anti-Bolshevik forces.

2. countable noun

A Bolshevik was a person who supported Lenin and his political ideas.

Bolshevik in British English

(ˈbɒlʃɪvɪk)

nounWord forms: plural -viks or -viki (-ˈviːkɪ)

(formerly) a Russian Communist

Compare Menshevik

any Communist

3. (often not capital) derogatory

any political radical, esp a revolutionary

Derived forms

Bolshevism (ˈBolsheˌvism)

noun

Bolshevist (ˈBolshevist)

adjective, noun

Bolshevistic (ˌBolsheˈvistic)

adjective

Word origin

C20: from Russian Bol'shevik majority, from bol'shoi great; from the fact that this group formed a majority of the Russian Social DemocraticParty in 1903

Bolshevik in American English

(ˈboʊlʃəˌvɪk; ˈbɑlʃəˌvɪk)

[also b-]

nounWord forms: plural ˈBolsheˌviks or ˌBolsheˈviki (ˈboʊlʃəˈviki; ˈbɑlʃəˈviki)

a member of a majority faction (Bolsheviki) of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party, which formed the Communist Party after seizing power in the 1917 Revolution

a Communist, esp. of the Soviet Union

3. Loosely

any radical

hostile usage

adjective

of or like the Bolsheviks or Bolshevism

Derived forms

Bolshevism (ˈBolsheˌvism)

noun

Bolshevist (ˈBolshevist)

noun, adjective

Bolshevize (ˈBolsheˌvize) (ˈboʊlʃəˌvaɪz; ˈbɑlʃəˌvaɪz)

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈBolsheˌvized or ˈBolsheˌvizing

Word origin

Russ (1903) < bol'she, the larger, majority

Examples of 'Bolshevik' in a sentence
Bolshevik

A Bolshevik from his thick neck to the top of his Slavic head.His parents had escaped from the USSR at the time of the Bolshevik Revolution and settled here.Many of them had found, after the Bolshevik Revolution, that they could survive well enough under the Soviets, and left it at that.`You're just out of this world - And you want to be a Bolshevik !

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释义	Trends of Bolshevik View usage for: Bolshevik (bɒlʃɪvɪk) Word forms: plural Bolsheviks 1. adjective Bolshevik is used to describe the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917. Seventy-four years after the Bolshevik Revolution, the Soviet era ended. ...anti-Bolshevik forces. 2. countable noun A Bolshevik was a person who supported Lenin and his political ideas. Bolshevik in British English (ˈbɒlʃɪvɪk) nounWord forms: plural -viks or -viki (-ˈviːkɪ) 1. (formerly) a Russian Communist Compare Menshevik 2. any Communist 3. (often not capital) derogatory any political radical, esp a revolutionary Derived forms Bolshevism (ˈBolsheˌvism) noun Bolshevist (ˈBolshevist) adjective, noun Bolshevistic (ˌBolsheˈvistic) adjective Word origin C20: from Russian Bol'shevik majority, from bol'shoi great; from the fact that this group formed a majority of the Russian Social DemocraticParty in 1903 Bolshevik in American English (ˈboʊlʃəˌvɪk; ˈbɑlʃəˌvɪk) [also b-] nounWord forms: plural ˈBolsheˌviks or ˌBolsheˈviki (ˈboʊlʃəˈviki; ˈbɑlʃəˈviki) 1. a member of a majority faction (Bolsheviki) of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party, which formed the Communist Party after seizing power in the 1917 Revolution 2. a Communist, esp. of the Soviet Union 3. Loosely any radical hostile usage adjective 4. of or like the Bolsheviks or Bolshevism Derived forms Bolshevism (ˈBolsheˌvism) noun Bolshevist (ˈBolshevist) noun, adjective Bolshevize (ˈBolsheˌvize) (ˈboʊlʃəˌvaɪz; ˈbɑlʃəˌvaɪz) verb transitiveWord forms: ˈBolsheˌvized or ˈBolsheˌvizing Word origin Russ (1903) < bol'she, the larger, majority Examples of 'Bolshevik' in a sentence Bolshevik A Bolshevik from his thick neck to the top of his Slavic head. Forbes, Colin COVER STORY (1989) His parents had escaped from the USSR at the time of the Bolshevik Revolution and settled here. Shah, Idries KARA KUSH (1989) Many of them had found, after the Bolshevik Revolution, that they could survive well enough under the Soviets, and left it at that. Shah, Idries KARA KUSH (1989) `You're just out of this world - And you want to be a Bolshevik ! Wright, Richard THE OUTSIDER (1989) Definition of 'Bolshevik'
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