Marxism-Leninism
English
Etymology
Marxism + Leninism
Proper noun
Marxism-Leninism
- A communist ideological stream that emerged as the mainstream tendency amongst the Communist parties in the 1920s as it was adopted as the ideological foundation of the Communist International during Stalin's era, and was later adopted by the People's Republic of China, Cuba, Vietnam, and several other nations.
Synonyms
- Bolshevism (historical)
Derived terms
- Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
- Marxist-Leninist
Related terms
- Marxism
- Leninism
Translations
communist ideological stream
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See also
- Maoism
- Juche
Further reading
- Marxism-Leninism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia