Definitions
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- adjective of or relating to Bolshevism
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Examples
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Its prose had faintly Churchillian cadences in places—there were phrases such as “strain every nerve” and “pronounced its weighty word”—but with an admixture of bolshevistic pastiche.
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Its prose had faintly Churchillian cadences in places -- there were phrases such as "strain every nerve" and "pronounced its weighty word" -- but with an admixture of bolshevistic pastiche.
'Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization'
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Trade union leaders searched eagerly for an accommodation with government and employers; vowed that they, too, wished to avoid strikes; and, like Sampson, warned that the alternative to conciliation was bolshevistic 'mob rule.
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For it appears that, after an entire morning spent at the stationer's, when the shop-keeper has discussed every article he has for sale, you wind up by saying, "_Je prendrai une petite bouteille d'encre noire, _" and all that long-suffering man retorts is, "_J'voo zangvairay ler pah-kay, _" which is not nearly so bolshevistic as it looks.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 26, 1919
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The German Republic, not bolshevistic, but truly democratic, on good intimate terms with the minorities abroad, without misusing them as an excuse for imperialistic aggressiveness.
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But the Chinese say in answer to this claim that the most imminent danger from Russia is not Russian bayonets but bolshevistic ideas.
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How dare you even think it, you reverse-racist, bolshevistic lackey.
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How dare you even think it, you reverse-racist, bolshevistic lackey. "
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