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Noun: Leninism  'leni`nizum
  1. The political and economic theories of Lenin which provided the guiding doctrine of the Soviet Union; the modification of Marxism by Lenin stressed that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism (which shifts the struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries)
    - Marxism-Leninism

See also: Marxist-Leninist

Type of: communism

Encyclopedia: Leninism