democratic centralism
1Democratic centralism — Part of the series on Communism …
2Democratic Centralism — At the 1906 Bolshevik party congress, Vladmir Ilich Lenin put forward the principle of democratic centralism. In essence, democratic centralism meant that decisions within the party should be taken democratically, but once made they should be… …
3democratic centralism — ▪ politics decision making practice and disciplinary policy adopted by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and subsequently followed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and by communist (communism) parties in other countries.… …
4democratic centralism — noun : a communist system or principle of hierarchic organization that seeks to combine democratic participation of the rank and file in the discussion of policy and the election of officers and of delegates to the next higher unit with strict… …
5democratic centralism — noun Date: 1926 a principle of Communist party organization by which members take part in policy discussions and elections at all levels but must follow decisions made at higher levels …
6Group of Democratic Centralism — Communist Party of the Soviet Union History Organisation …
7Democratic socialism — Socialism …
8Democratic Workers Party — For the Egyptian political party, see Democratic Workers Party (Egypt). The Democratic Workers Party was a United States Marxist Leninist party based in California headed by former Professor Marlene Dixon, lasting from 1974 1986. It has been seen …
9centralism — n. a system that centralizes (esp. an administration) (see also democratic centralism). Derivatives: centralist n …
10Democratic — adj. 1 of, like, practising, advocating, or constituting democracy or a democracy. 2 favouring social equality. Phrases and idioms: democratic centralism an organizational system in which policy is decided centrally and is binding on all members …