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Leninism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈlɛnɪnɪzm̩/
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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Marxism-Leninism

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: communism

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Lenin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Leninism From Lenin + -ism, named after Vladimir Lenin.

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: leninizëm — political philosophy
  • Arabic: لِينِينِيَّة (līnīniyya) — political philosophy
  • Armenian: լենինիզմ (leninizm) — political philosophy
  • Azerbaijani: leninizm — political philosophy
  • Belarusian: леніні́зм (ljeninízm) — political philosophy
  • Bengali: লেনিনবাদ (leninbad) — political philosophy
  • Bulgarian: ленини́зъм (leninízǎm) — political philosophy
  • Burmese: လီနင်စနစ် (linangca.nac) — political philosophy
  • Burmese: လီနင်ဝါဒ (linang-wada.) — political philosophy
  • Catalan: leninisme — political philosophy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 列寧主義 /列宁主义 (lièníngzhǔyì) — political philosophy
  • Czech: leninismus — political philosophy
  • Danish: leninisme — political philosophy
  • Dutch: leninisme — political philosophy
  • Esperanto: leninismo — political philosophy
  • Estonian: leninism — political philosophy
  • Faroese: leninisma — political philosophy
  • Finnish: leninismi — political philosophy
  • French: léninisme — political philosophy
  • Georgian: ლენინიზმი (leninizmi) — political philosophy
  • German: Leninismus — political philosophy
  • Greek: λενινισμός (leninismós) — political philosophy
  • Hebrew: לֶנִינִיזְם (leninízm) — political philosophy
  • Hindi: लेनिनवाद (leninvād) — political philosophy
  • Hungarian: leninizmus — political philosophy
  • Indonesian: Leninisme — political philosophy
  • Italian: leninismo — political philosophy
  • Japanese: レーニン主義 (rēninshugi) — political philosophy
  • Japanese: レーニズム (rēninizumu) — political philosophy
  • Kazakh: ленинизм (leninizm) — political philosophy
  • Khmer: លេនីននិយម (leiniinniyum) — political philosophy
  • Korean: 레닌주의 (reninjuui) — political philosophy
  • Kyrgyz: ленинизм (leninizm) — political philosophy
  • Lao: ລັດທິເລນິນ (lat thi lē nin) — political philosophy
  • Latvian: ļeņinisms — political philosophy
  • Lithuanian: leninizmas — political philosophy
  • Macedonian: ленини́зам (leninízam) — political philosophy
  • Malay: Leninisme — political philosophy
  • Manx: Leninaght — political philosophy
  • Mongolian: ленинизм (leninizm) — political philosophy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: leninisme — political philosophy
  • Persian: لنینیسم (leninism) — political philosophy
  • Polish: leninizm — political philosophy
  • Portuguese: leninismo — political philosophy
  • Romanian: leninism — political philosophy
  • Russian: ленини́зм (leninízm) — political philosophy
  • Serbo-Croatian: лењинѝзам — political philosophy
  • Serbo-Croatian: lenjinìzam — political philosophy
  • Slovak: leninizmus — political philosophy
  • Slovene: leninizem — political philosophy
  • Spanish: leninismo — political philosophy
  • Swedish: leninism — political philosophy
  • Tagalog: leninismo — political philosophy
  • Tajik: ленинизм (leninizm) — political philosophy
  • Tamil: லெனினிசம் (leṉiṉicam) — political philosophy
  • Thai: ลัทธิเลนิน (lát-tí-lee-nin) — political philosophy
  • Tibetan: ལེ་ནིན་རིང་ལུགས — political philosophy
  • Turkish: Leninizm — political philosophy
  • Turkish: Lenincilik — political philosophy
  • Turkmen: leninizm — political philosophy
  • Ukrainian: леніні́зм (leninízm) — political philosophy
  • Uzbek: leninizm — political philosophy
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghia Lê-nin — political philosophy
  • Yiddish: לעניניזם (leninizm) — political philosophy