Bolshevik

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of Bolshevik Within the decade, Russia slipped into full-scale revolution, culminating in the Bolshevik seizure of government and the violence of the Soviet regime. Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2025 Bulgakov’s novel The White Guard, published in 1925 and set at the same time, is an elegy for Tsarist Kyiv that detests both Ukrainian national aspirations and Bolshevik rule. Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025 The Bolshevik ideology of global revolution represented the ultimate threat to the United States, spurring the paranoia that fueled Senator Joseph McCarthy’s infamous witch hunts. Eric Jason Martin Tanya Pérez Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025 Earlier in the Russian Revolution, the Communist Party, led by Vladimir Lenin, had been called the Bolshevik Party. Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for Bolshevik
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Bolshevik
leftist
Noun
  • Advertisement In Chile, another leftist, President Gabriel Boric, has endured broad criticism over his government’s inability to address the country’s rising murder rate.
    Christopher Sabatini, Time, 30 Aug. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Bolshevik.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Bolshevik. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on Bolshevik

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!