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A member of the gradualist or moderate wing of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party during the years preceding the Russian Revolution, when they split with the Bolsheviks; or a member of a later independent moderate-Marxist party formed in 1917.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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a Russian member of the liberal minority group that advocated gradual reform and opposed the Bolsheviks before and during the Russian Revolution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: socialist
Borrowed from Russian меньшеви́к (menʹševík), derived from меньшинство́ (menʹšinstvó, “minority”), formed in turn from Russian ме́ньше (ménʹše), the comparative of ма́лый (mályj, “little”).
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
մենշեւիկ
(menšewik)
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Belarusian:
меншаві́к
(mjenšavík)
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Bulgarian:
меншеви́к
(menševík)
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Catalan:
menxevic
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Chinese Mandarin:
孟什維克 /孟什维克
(mèngshíwéikè)
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Czech:
menševik
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Danish:
mensjevik
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Esperanto:
menŝeviko
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Finnish:
menševikki
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Finnish:
menshevikki
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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French:
menchevik
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Georgian:
მენშევიკი
(menševiḳi)
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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German:
Menschewik
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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German:
Menschewikin
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Italian:
menscevico
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Italian:
menscevica
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Japanese:
メンシェヴィキ
(mensheviki)
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Korean:
멘셰비키
(mensyebiki)
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Marathi:
मेनशेव्हिक
(menśevhik)
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Polish:
mienszewik
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Polish:
mienszewiczka
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Portuguese:
menchevique
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Russian:
меньшеви́к
(menʹševík)
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Russian:
меньшеви́чка
(menʹševíčka)
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Spanish:
menchevique
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Swedish:
mensjevik
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Ukrainian:
меншови́к
(menšovýk)
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Vietnamese:
Men-sê-vích
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
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Vietnamese:
men-sê-vích
— member of a minority faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
