MENSHEVIK

[Men.she.vik] n, pl Mensheviks or Men.she.vi.ki [Russ men'shevik, fr. men'she less; fr. their forming the minority group of the party] (1907): a member of a wing of the Russian Social Democratic party before and during the Russian Revolution believing in the gradual achievement of socialism by parliamentary methods in opposition to the Bolsheviks -- Men.she.vism n -- Men.she.vist n or adj