Bolshevist

[ bohl-shuh-vist, bol- ]

noun

1. a follower or advocate of the doctrines or methods of the Bolsheviks.
2. (sometimes lowercase) an ultraradical socialist; any political ultraradical.

adjective

1. Bolshevistic.

Other Words From

• anti-Bolshe·vist noun adjective
• non-Bolshe·vist noun
• pro-Bolshe·vist noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bolshevist¹

First recorded in 1915–20; Bolshev(ik) + -ist

Example Sentences

There was also a bright youth named Viktor, who, until the Bolshevist revolution, was a student.

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From them we heard awful tales of massacres and looting during the Bolshevist domination over the Black Sea regions.

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This modernistic degenerate cult is simply the Bolshevist philosophy applied in art.

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According to the Bolshevist formula, religion is opium for the people: and serves as a tool of capitalist domination.

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So, according to Bolshevist crowd-logic, democracy means the rule of a minority by means of force.

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