Leninist
Revolutionary party follower
Leninist describes a follower of Vladimir Lenin's political theories or something aligned with his ideas.
Lenin adapted Marxism to Russian conditions, emphasizing a disciplined revolutionary party to lead the working class.
Leninist party structure, Leninist ideology.
The term often carries Cold War associations or implies rigid, top-down political organization.
Violent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- vanguardForemost position or group
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- seizure of powerForcible assumption of authority
revolutionary party · armed struggle · mass mobilization · agitator · militant · class war · barricade · general strike
dictatorship of the proletariat
Laboring class governing authority
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- cadreCore of trained personnel
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
communism · socialism · Comintern · agitprop · praxis · comrade · nationalization · collectivism
insurrection
Violent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- vanguardForemost position or group
- overthrowForcible removal from power
seizure of power · revolutionary party · armed struggle · mass mobilization · agitator · militant · class war · barricade · general strike · workers' council
dictatorship of the proletariat
Laboring class governing authority
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- cadreCore of trained personnel
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
imperialism · communism · socialism · Comintern · agitprop · praxis · comrade · nationalization · collectivism · state capitalism
Bolsheviks
Lenin's revolutionary party
- USSRFormer communist superpower
- October RevolutionSoviet founding coup
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
Red Army · collectivization · Stalin · Pravda · Cheka · Soviet · commissar · Petrograd · purge · show trial
Leninistcapitalist
Private ownership supporter
free-market · laissez-faire · neoliberal · libertarian · Thatcherite
Leninistgradualist
One favoring slow change
reformist · Fabian · social democrat · incrementalist · democratic socialist
Leninistanarchist
One opposing all governance
anti-authoritarian · pluralist · anarcho-syndicalist · autonomist · decentralist