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Bolshy

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stubbornnounRefusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
stroppy(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.

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stubbornnounRefusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
stroppy(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.
bolshinounAlternative form of bolshie. [(UK) Difficult or rebellious.]
bolshienoun(derogatory, British, dated) A government leftist, especially a communist, socialist, or labour union leader.
bolsheviknoun(historical) A member of the Communist Party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
bolshevistnoun(dated, sometimes attributive) A Bolshevik.
judeo-bolshevistnoun(derogatory, ethnic slur, politics) Communist and Jewish.
far-leftistnoun(politics) Aligned with the far left.
bolshevismnounThe Communist political ideology adopted by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Marxism-Leninism.
antibolshevistnoun(politics) One who opposes Bolshevism.
soshulistnoun(humorous, nonstandard) Informal spelling of socialist. [Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.]
trotskyitenoun(derogatory) An advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky (born Лев Дави́дович Бронште́йн (Lev Davídovič Bronštéjn) / Lev Davidovich Bronstein).
leftistOf or pertaining to the political left.
judeo-bolshevismnoun(derogatory) Synonym of Jewish Bolshevism.
burgeoisnoun(US) Alternative spelling of bourgeois. [(politics, collectively, usually in the plural) The middle class.]
brocialistnoun(slang, derogatory) A male socialist, leftist or progressive accused of downplaying women's issues, or displaying an alleged misogynistic or macho attitude.
leftynoun(Canada, US, informal) One who is left-handed.
antibolshevismnoun(politics) Opposition to Bolshevism.
commienoun(derogatory, slang) A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.
loony leftnoun(British, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory, politics) Left-wing politicians or activists whose policies or ideas are considered to be ridiculous or too politically correct.

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