n. pl. Men·she·viks or Men·she·vi·ki (-vēkē) A member of the liberal faction of the Social Democratic Party that struggled against the Bolsheviks before and during the Russian Revolution. [Russian men'shevik, from men'she, less (from their relegation by Lenin to minority status); see mei-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] Menshe·vism n. Menshe·vist n. |
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