Leninism
noun/ˈlɛnɪnɪzm̩/
Etymology From Lenin + -ism, named after Vladimir Lenin.
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Usually A political ideology developed by Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party, as the political prelude to the establishment of communism.
- Lenin is very dead (if not yet buried, I wonder what Putin is waiting for); but Leninism is quite alive.2017, Spandrell, Biological Leninism, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2025, page 1:
- Related terms
- Leninist, Marxism, Marxism-Leninism, Stalinism, Trotskyism