Leninism
/ˈlɛnɪnɪzm̩/
Leninism noun: a political ideology developed by Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party, as the political prelude to the establishment of communism.
Noun
Leninism (usually uncountable, plural Leninisms)
- A political ideology developed by Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party, as the political prelude to the establishment of communism.
- Lenin is very dead (if not yet buried, I wonder what Putin is waiting for); but Leninism is quite alive.2017, Spandrell, Biological Leninism, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2025, page 1
Leninism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Gujarati
Leninism in Hindi
- political philosophy
- लेनिनवाद leninvād
Leninism in Tamil
- political philosophy
- லெனினிசம் leṉiṉicam
Leninism in Bengali
- political philosophy
- লেনিনবাদ leninbad
Leninism in Gujarati
- Leninism
- લેનિનવાદ leninvād
More languagesFewer languages
- Leninism in Tagalog
- leninismo
- Leninism in Arabic
- لِينِينِيَّة līnīniyya
- Leninism in Malay
- Leninisme
- Leninism in Indonesian
- Leninisme
- Leninism in Persian
- لنینیسم leninism
- Leninism in Thai
- ลัทธิเลนิน lát-tí-lee-nin
- Leninism in Vietnamese
- chủ nghia Lê-nin
- Leninism in Myanmar
- လီနင်စနစ် linangca.nac, လီနင်ဝါဒ linang-wada.
Forms of Leninism
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Origin of Leninism
From Lenin + -ism, named after Vladimir Lenin.
Words formed from Leninism
Questions about Leninism
- What does Leninism mean?
- Leninism means a political ideology developed by Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party, as the political prelude to the establishment of communism.
- What is Leninism in Hindi?
- Leninism in Hindi is लेनिनवाद (leninvād). See Leninism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Leninism?
- Leninism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Leninism?
- Leninism is pronounced /ˈlɛnɪnɪzm̩/.
- What is the plural of Leninism?
- The plural of Leninism is Leninisms.
Words near Leninism in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Leninism (page history and authors); લેનિનવાદ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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