Leninism n 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) [syn: {Leninism}, {Marxism-Leninism}]
Leninism \Leninism\ prop. n. a form of communism based on the writings of Marx and Lenin; called also {Marxism-Leninism}. Syn: bolshevism, collectivism, Marxism-Leninism, Marxism, Sovietism, sovietism. [WordNet 1.5]