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democratic centralization

democratic centralization is the alternative form of democratic centralism.

Meaning of democratic centralism

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...

Forms of democratic centralization

alternative formdemocratic centralism
alternative formdemocratic centralisation

Questions about democratic centralization

What is democratic centralization the alternative form of?
Democratic centralization is the alternative form of democratic centralism.

Words near democratic centralization in the dictionary

  1. democratatorships
  2. democratic
  3. democratic backsliding
  4. democratic centralisation
  5. democratic centralism
  6. democratic centralization
  7. democratic deficit
  8. democratic deficits
  9. democratic education
  10. Democratic Kampuchea
  11. Democratic People's Republic of Korea

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