Menshevik
A member of the gradualist or moderate wing of the Russian Social Democratic Labour…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.
Meaning
1 senses(historical)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.
Menschewik, Menschewikin
меньшеви́кmenʹševík, меньшеви́чкаmenʹševíčka
меншови́кmenšovýk
a Russian member of the liberal minority group that advocated gradual reform and opposed the Bolsheviks before and during the Russian Revolution
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Russian меньшеви́к (menʹševík), derived from меньшинство́ (menʹšinstvó, “minBorrowed from Russian меньшеви́к (menʹševík), derived from меньшинство́ (menʹšinstvó, “minority”), formed in turn from Russian ме́ньше (ménʹše), the comparative of ма́лый (mályj, “little”).
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Forms
plural: Mensheviks / Mensheviki| Singular | Menshevik |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular