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Blanquism

Blanquism noun: a conception of revolution generally attributed to Louis Auguste Blanqui, which holds that socialist revolution should be carried out by a relatively small group of highly organised and secretive conspirators.

Noun

Blanquism (uncountable)

  1. A conception of revolution generally attributed to Louis Auguste Blanqui, which holds that socialist revolution should be carried out by a relatively small group of highly organised and secretive conspirators.

Origin of Blanquism

From Blanqui + -ism.

Questions about Blanquism

What does Blanquism mean?
Blanquism means a conception of revolution generally attributed to Louis Auguste Blanqui, which holds that socialist revolution should be carried out by a relatively small group of highly organised and secretive conspirators.
What part of speech is Blanquism?
Blanquism is a noun.

Words near Blanquism in the dictionary

  1. blanquets
  2. blanquette
  3. blanquettes
  4. blanquillo
  5. blanquillos
  6. Blanquism
  7. Blanquist
  8. Blanquistic
  9. Blanquists
  10. Blans
  11. blanscue

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