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[syn: Leninism, Marxism-Leninism]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Leninism \Leninism\ prop. n.
   a form of communism based on the writings of Marx and Lenin;
   called also Marxism-Leninism.
   Syn: bolshevism, collectivism, Marxism-Leninism, Marxism,
        Sovietism, sovietism.
        [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Leninism
    n 1: the political and economic theories of Lenin which provided
         the guiding doctrine of the Soviet Union; the modification
         of Marxism by Lenin stressed that imperialism is the
         highest form of capitalism (which shifts the struggle from
         developed to underdeveloped countries) [syn: Leninism,
         Marxism-Leninism]