Marxism-Leninism

English

Etymology

Marxism + Leninism

Proper noun

Marxism-Leninism

1. (politics, communism) 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.
   • 2012 November 6, John Ruwitch, Benjamin Kang Lim, Ben Blanchard, Adam Jourdan, “As China enters new era, how much of Mao will stay?”, in Raju Gopalakrishnan, editor, Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-07-18, World News‎^[2]:

     Meanwhile, “Mao Zedong Thought”, which originated in the 1930s, continues rhetorically to be recognised as one of the party’s guiding principles, an extension of Marxism-Leninism tweaked for China.

Synonyms

• Bolshevism (historical)

Derived terms

• Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
• Marxist-Leninist

Related terms

• Marxism
• Leninism

Translations

communist ideological stream

• Arabic: مَارْكْسِيَّة-لِينِينِيَّة f (marksiyya-lininiyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬克思列寧主義／马克思列宁主义 (zh) (Mǎkèsī-Lièníng zhǔyì), 馬列主義／马列主义 (zh) (Mǎliè zhǔyì)

• Czech: marxismus-leninismus m
• Dutch: marxisme-leninisme (nl) n
• Finnish: marxismi-leninismi (fi)
• French: marxisme-léninisme (fr) m
• Galician: marxismo-leninismo m
• Georgian: მარქსიზმ-ლენინიზმი (marksizm-leninizmi)
• German: Marxismus-Leninismus m
• Greek: μαρξισμός-λενινισμός m (marxismós-leninismós)
• Hungarian: marxizmus–leninizmus (hu)
• Italian: marxismo-leninismo m
• Japanese: マルクス・レーニン主義 (Marukusu-Rēnin shugi)
• Khmer: លទ្ធិម៉ាក្ស-លេនីន (latthiʼ maak leiniin)
• Korean: 마르크스레닌주의 (Mareukeuseu-reninjuui)
• Macedonian: маркси́зам-ленини́зам m (marksízam-leninízam)
• Marathi: मार्क्सवाद-लेनिनवाद (mārksavād-leninvād)
• Portuguese: marxismo-leninismo (pt) m
• Russian: маркси́зм-ленини́зм (ru) m (marksízm-leninízm)
• Spanish: marxismo-leninismo (es) m
• Swedish: marxism-leninism c
• Thai: ลัทธิมาร์ก-เลนิน (láttí màak-laynin)
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa Marx-Lenin, chủ nghĩa Mác-Lênin
• Yiddish: מאַרקסיזם־לעניניזם m (marksizm-leninizm)

See also

• Maoism
• Juche

Further reading

• Marxism-Leninism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia