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entryism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A political tactic by which an organisation or state encourages its members or agents to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits or to encourage an unelectable candidate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

Previously spelt entrism, borrowed from French entrisme but reconstructed as entry + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 打入主義 /打入主义 — Translations
  • French: entrisme — Translations
  • German: Entrismus — Translations
  • Indonesian: entriisme — Translations