liquidationism
liquidationism noun: in Marxist theory, the ideological liquidation (negation) of the revolutionary party program or the hierarchical leadership by party members.
Noun
liquidationism (uncountable)
- In Marxist theory, the ideological liquidation (negation) of the revolutionary party program or the hierarchical leadership by party members.
- In their endeavour to be a purely proletarian party they penalised the intelligentsia, and the more extreme and radical section among them even demanded that the party should become wholly a mass movement, for leadership, they said, was improper and must be abolished (must be "liquidated," whence...1919, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy, Volume 2, translated from German by Eden and Cedar Paul, page 298.
- The libertarian belief that no actions to mitigate the effects of recessions should be taken by the government or the central bank, since the liquidation of struggling companies is a solution in itself.
Antonyms of liquidationism
- anti-liquidationism
- partyism
Origin of liquidationism
From liquidation + -ism, calque of Russian Ликвидаторство (Likvidatorstvo), possibly via German. First attested in 1909.
Questions about liquidationism
- What does liquidationism mean?
- Liquidationism means in Marxist theory, the ideological liquidation (negation) of the revolutionary party program or the hierarchical leadership by party members.
- What part of speech is liquidationism?
- Liquidationism is a noun.
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