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

• Albanian: Marksizëm-Leninizëm m
• Arabic: مَارْكْسِيَّة-لِينِينِيَّة f (marksiyya-lininiyya)
• Armenian: մարքսիզմ-լենինիզմ (hy) (markʻsizm-leninizm)
• Azerbaijani: marksizm-leninizm
• Belarusian: марксі́зм-леніні́зм m (marksízm-ljeninízm)
• Bulgarian: маркси́зъм-ленини́зъм m (marksízǎm-leninízǎm)
• 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
• Danish: marxisme-leninisme c
• Dutch: marxisme-leninisme (nl) n
• Estonian: marksism-leninism
• 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)
• Hindi: मार्क्सवाद-लेनिनवाद m (mārksavād-leninvād)
• Hungarian: marxizmus–leninizmus (hu)
• Italian: marxismo-leninismo m
• Japanese: マルクス・レーニン主義 (マルクス・レーニンしゅぎ, Marukusu-Rēninshugi)
• Kazakh: марксизм-ленинизм (marksizm-leninizm)
• Khmer: លទ្ធិម៉ាក្ស-លេនីន (latthiʼ maak leiniin)
• Korean: 맑스-레닌주의 (Makseu-reninjuui) (North Korea), 마르크스-레닌주의 (Mareukeuseu-reninjuui) (South Korea)
• Kyrgyz: марксизм-ленинизм (marksizm-leninizm)
• Latvian: marksisms-ļeņinisms m
• Lithuanian: marksizmas-leninizmas m
• Macedonian: маркси́зам-ленини́зам m (marksízam-leninízam)
• Marathi: मार्क्सवाद-लेनिनवाद (mārksavād-leninvād)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: марксизм-ленинизмийн онол (marksizm-leninizmiin onol)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: marxisme-leninisme m

• Portuguese: marxismo-leninismo (pt) m
• Romanian: marxism-leninism (ro) n
• Russian: маркси́зм-ленини́зм (ru) m (marksízm-leninízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: марксизам-лењинизам m

  Roman: marksizam-lenjinizam m

• Slovak: marxizmus-leninizmus m
• Slovene: marksizem-leninizem m
• Spanish: marxismo-leninismo (es) m
• Swedish: marxism-leninism c
• Tajik: марксизм-ленинизм (marksizm-leninizm)
• Thai: ลัทธิมาร์ก-เลนิน (lát-tí-mâak-lee-nin)
• Turkish: Marksizm-Leninizm
• Turkmen: marksizm-leninizm
• Ukrainian: маркси́зм-леніні́зм m (marksýzm-leninízm)
• Uzbek: marksizm-leninizm (uz)
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa Mác-Lênin
• Yiddish: מאַרקסיזם־לעניניזם m (marksizm-leninizm)

See also

• Maoism
• Juche

Further reading

• Marxism-Leninism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia