liquidationism

Etymology
From, , possibly via German. First attested in 1919.

Noun

 * 1)  In Marxist theory, the ideological liquidation (negation) of the revolutionary party program or the hierarchical leadership by party members.
 * 2) * 1919, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy, Volume 2, translated from German by Eden and Cedar Paul, page 298.
 * "en"

- In their endeavour to be a purely proletarian party they penalised the intelligentsia, and the more extreme and radical section among them even demanded that the party should become wholly a mass movement, for leadership, they said, was improper and must be abolished (must be "liquidated," whence this trend was called "liquidationism").


 * 1)  The belief that no actions to mitigate the effects of recessions should be taken by the government or the central bank, since the liquidation of struggling companies is a solution in itself.