Menshevik
Menshevik
Definition
Men·she·vik (men′s̸hə vik′)
noun pl. -·viks′ or -·vik′i-vē′kē
a member of the minority faction (Mensheviki) of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party, which opposed the more radical majority faction (Bolsheviki) from 1903 on
Etymology: Russ (1903) < menshe, the smaller, less, minority < OSlav miniji, smaller < IE *mineu-, var. of base *mei-, to lessen > L minor
adjective
of, characteristic of, or like the Mensheviks
Men′·she·vism noun
Men′·she·vist noun, adjective
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