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democratic centralism

democratic centralism noun: a set of principles of internal organization, mainly associated with Leninism, in which political decisions reached by voting are binding upon all members of the party.

Noun

democratic centralism (uncountable)

  1. A set of principles of internal organization, mainly associated with Leninism, in which political decisions reached by voting are binding upon all members of the party.
    • При́нцип демократи́ческого централи́зма и автоно́мии ме́стных учрежде́ний означа́ет и́менно свобо́ду кри́тики, по́лную и повсю́ду, раз не наруша́ется э́тим еди́нство определённого де́йствия, — и недопусти́мость никако́й кри́тики, подрыва́ющей и́ли затрудня́ющей еди́нство решённого па́ртией...1972 [1906 May 20], Владимир Ленин [Vladimir Lenin], “Свобода критики и единство действий”, in В. И. Ленин – Полное собрание сочинений, volume 13, page 129; English translation from “Freedom to...
    • 只有民主集中制的政府，才能充分地发挥一切革命人民的意志，也才能最有力量地去反对革命的敌人。1967 [1940 January], 毛泽东 [Mao Zedong], “新民主主义论”, in 毛泽东选集, volume 第二卷, 人民出版社 [People's Publishing House], page 354; English translation from “On New Democracy”, in Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung...

democratic centralism meaning in Vietnamese

democratic centralism in Vietnamese

principles
tập trung dân chủ, dân chủ tập trung

Antonyms of democratic centralism

Forms of democratic centralism

alternative formdemocratic centralization
alternative formdemocratic centralisation

Questions about democratic centralism

What does democratic centralism mean?
Democratic centralism means a set of principles of internal organization, mainly associated with Leninism, in which political decisions reached by voting are binding upon all members of the party.
What is democratic centralism in Vietnamese?
Democratic centralism in Vietnamese is tập trung dân chủ, dân chủ tập trung. See Democratic centralism meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is democratic centralism?
Democratic centralism is a noun.

Words near democratic centralism in the dictionary

  1. democratatorship
  2. democratatorships
  3. democratic
  4. democratic backsliding
  5. democratic centralisation
  6. democratic centralism
  7. democratic centralization
  8. democratic deficit
  9. democratic deficits
  10. democratic education
  11. Democratic Kampuchea

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