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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)

  1. (Marxism) 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.
  2. 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

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.

Words near liquidationism in the dictionary

  1. liquidated damages
  2. liquidates
  3. liquidating
  4. liquidation
  5. liquidational
  6. liquidationism
  7. liquidationist
  8. liquidationists
  9. liquidations
  10. liquidator
  11. liquidators

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