democratic centralism

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democratic centralism (uncountable)

A set of principles of internal organization, mainly associated with Leninism, in which political decisions reached by voting are binding upon all members of the party.
Antonym: bureaucratic centralism
- [2013 March 12, Andrew Jacobs, Patrick Zuo, Shi Da, “Non-Communist Parties Lend China an Air of Pluralism, Without the Mess”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-03-15, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:
  Largely invisible much of the year, China’s non-Communist parties are thrust to the fore each March for a display of what the official news media calls China’s system of “multiparty cooperation and political consultation.”
  The news conference, held in a gilded meeting room in the Great Hall of the People, is an Orwellian affair, with party leaders referring to the wonders of “democratic centralization,” heaping praise on the Communist Party and then answering fawning questions from the state media.]

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