LENINISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Leninism mean? 

• LENINISM (noun)
  The noun LENINISM has 1 sense:

1. the political and economic theories of Lenin which provided the guiding doctrine of the Soviet Union; the modification of Marxism by Lenin stressed that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism (which shifts the struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries)

  Familiarity information: LENINISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LENINISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The political and economic theories of Lenin which provided the guiding doctrine of the Soviet Union; the modification of Marxism by Lenin stressed that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism (which shifts the struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries)

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Leninism; Marxism-Leninism

Hypernyms ("Leninism" is a kind of...):

communism (a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society)