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  • adjective of or relating to Bolshevism

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Examples

  • 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 Nicholson Baker 2008

  • 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' 2008

  • 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.

    Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 13 Ray Esther 1969

  • 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 Various

  • 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.

    The Reich and the German Minorities 1939

  • But the Chinese say in answer to this claim that the most imminent danger from Russia is not Russian bayonets but bolshevistic ideas.

    The Manchurian Crisis 1932

  • How dare you even think it, you reverse-racist, bolshevistic lackey.

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • How dare you even think it, you reverse-racist, bolshevistic lackey. "

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

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