bolshevism

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Recent Examples of bolshevism Fear of bolshevism blended with a long-standing hostility toward certain classes of immigrants. Adam Hochschild, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2019
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Noun
  • And Marxism, communism and socialism were all, to those on the right, part of that same soup.
    Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
  • With Marxism tainted by its aggressive materialism, and mere democratic socialism so mere, anarchism could be imagined as a series of defiant spiritual acts.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This critique involved not just intellectuals on the left, but also famous American realists who played a key part in rallying U.S. liberal opinion to resist Nazism and Stalinism.
    Anatol Lieven, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Again, Breaking With Trump Caroline Ellison, Star Witness in FTX Case, Should Receive Lenient Sentence, Prosecutors Signal Trumpism, Stalinism and the Tariff Debate An 8-Year-Old Ohio Girl Takes a Solo Drive to Target in Family’s SUV Trump and Other Presidents Embrace Golf.
    New York Times, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • In emphasizing the importance of the group, Volkov is in line with Soviet propaganda and thought, where stories of friendship were used to promote unity and collectivism.
    Christin Bohnke, JSTOR Daily, 5 Mar. 2025
  • In summary, Chinese culture strongly influences workers in manufacturing, fostering values of respect for authority, dedication, and collectivism while also contributing to long working hours and a focus on family and societal obligations.
    Dave Evans, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Dugin sees a dichotomy between liberalism and its enemies that goes back to antiquity.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Cracks appeared in the sixties, Dunkelman thinks, as liberalism started to reflect the baby boomers’ distrust of the establishment.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025

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