Menshevik

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian меньшеви́к (menʹševík), derived from меньшинство́ (menʹšinstvó, “minority”), formed in turn from Russian ме́ньше (ménʹše), the comparative of ма́лый (mályj, “little”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɛnʃəvɪk/ Rhymes: -ɛnʃəvɪk === Noun === Menshevik (plural Mensheviks or (literary) Mensheviki) (now chiefly historical) A member of the gradualist or moderate wing of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party during the years preceding the Russian Revolution, when they split with the Bolsheviks; or a member of a later independent moderate-Marxist party formed in 1917. [from 20th c.] ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Bolshevik === References ===