-ˌizəm noun
( -s )
Usage: often capitalized
1. : the principles or practices of a Soviet regime ; especially : communism
fascism, socialism, and sovietism have appeared as new and anticapitalistic forms in the contemporary world — A.M.Sievers
compelled to listen to Russian radio music, and lectures about sovietism — Alfred Bilmanis
2. : a characteristic expression or embodiment of Soviet ideology
this operetta has a number of standard Sovietisms in it — Manny Farber