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Bolshevik (Noun)

Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries.

Nouns denoting people.

The politician's opponents labeled him a bolshevik for his extreme views on economic reform.
Her critics called her a bolshevik for advocating the complete overhaul of the existing social hierarchy.
The government viewed the group as bolsheviks, a threat to national stability and order.
The media portrayed the protesters as bolsheviks, implying they were violent and destructive.
His detractors accused him of being a bolshevik, claiming his policies would lead to chaos and anarchy.

A Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party.

Nouns denoting people.

The bolshevik led the Russian Revolution of 1917 and seized control of the government.
Vladimir Lenin was the charismatic leader of the bolsheviks during the revolution.
After the Russian Revolution, the bolshevik party renamed itself the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
In 1918, the bolshevik government established the Cheka, a secret police force.
As a bolshevik, she dedicated her life to spreading the principles of Marxism and Leninism throughout Russia.