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Noun: Marxism-Leninism  'maa(r)k-si-zum 'le-ni,ni-zum
  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)
    - Leninism

Type of: communism

Encyclopedia: Marxism-Leninism