Anti bolshevik
a member of the more radical majority of the social democratic party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat.
(after 1918) a member of the russian communist party.
(loosely) a member of any communist party.
(often lowercase) disparaging. a contemptuous term used to refer to an extreme radical or revolutionary.
noun (pl) -viks, -viki (-ˈviːkɪ)
(formerly) a russian communist compare menshevik
any communist
(often not capital) (jocular, derogatory) any political radical, esp a revolutionary
n.
1917, from russian bol’shiy “greater,” comparative of adjective bol’shoy “big, great” (cf. bolshoi ballet), from old church slavonic boljiji “larger,” from pie root -bel- “strong” (cf. sanskrit balam “strength, force,” greek beltion “better,” phrygian balaios “big, fast,” old irish odbal “strong,” welsh balch “proud;” middle dutch, low german, frisian pal “strong, firm”).
it was the faction of the russian social democratic worker’s party after a split in 1903 that was either larger or more extreme (or both) than the mensheviks (from russian men’shij “less”); after they seized power in 1917, applied generally to russian communists. bolshevism is recorded from 1917.
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