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bolshie

bols·hie

UK/ˈbɒl.ʃi/ uncommon dated uk

noun

1.

emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

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Origin

From Bolshevik (Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), the socialist party in the 1918 Russian Revolution, from Russian большевики́ (bolʹševikí, “majority faction”), + -ie.

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