democratic centralism
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Democratic centralism is a Leninist organizational principle that combines internal party debate with strict unity in publicly supporting and implementing decisions once they are made.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Democratic Centralists | 2 |
| democratic centralism canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9156714 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: democratic centralism Context triple: [mass line, relatedConcept, democratic centralism]
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A.
Democracity
Democracity was a utopian, futuristic model city exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair that envisioned an idealized, technologically advanced American society.
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B.
People's Committees system
The People's Committees system was a network of local and sectoral governing bodies in Libya that formed the core of Muammar Gaddafi’s direct democracy model under the Jamahiriya state.
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C.
Central Committee
The Central Committee is the main governing body of the World Council of Churches, responsible for setting its policies and overall direction between general assemblies.
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D.
Central Committee
The Central Committee is a key governing body within a communist or socialist party that directs party policy and activities between sessions of the Party Congress.
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E.
communism
Communism is a socio-economic and political ideology advocating a classless, stateless society in which the means of production are collectively owned and controlled.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: democratic centralism Target entity description: Democratic centralism is a Leninist organizational principle that combines internal party debate with strict unity in publicly supporting and implementing decisions once they are made.
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A.
Democracity
Democracity was a utopian, futuristic model city exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair that envisioned an idealized, technologically advanced American society.
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B.
People's Committees system
The People's Committees system was a network of local and sectoral governing bodies in Libya that formed the core of Muammar Gaddafi’s direct democracy model under the Jamahiriya state.
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C.
Central Committee
The Central Committee is the main governing body of the World Council of Churches, responsible for setting its policies and overall direction between general assemblies.
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D.
Central Committee
The Central Committee is a key governing body within a communist or socialist party that directs party policy and activities between sessions of the Party Congress.
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E.
communism
Communism is a socio-economic and political ideology advocating a classless, stateless society in which the means of production are collectively owned and controlled.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Leninist concept
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organizational principle ⓘ political theory concept ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
ensure party unity
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increase organizational effectiveness ⓘ prevent factionalism ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
party members
ⓘ
party organizations ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | party statutes ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
liberal pluralism
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parliamentary democracy ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
concentration of power in leadership
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suppression of dissent ⓘ tendency toward authoritarianism ⓘ |
| developedInContextOf | Bolshevik Party ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
freedom of discussion
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unity of action ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
centralized decision-making
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internal party debate ⓘ obligation of unity in action ⓘ |
| hasCoreIdea | combination of internal democracy and external unity ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| implementedThrough |
central committee decisions
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democratic elections within the party ⓘ party congresses ⓘ |
| influenced | organizational models of communist states ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Marxism–Leninism ⓘ |
| inPracticeOften |
reduced internal democracy
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strengthened party leadership control ⓘ |
| involves |
accountability of lower organs to higher organs
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election of leadership by party bodies ⓘ hierarchical party structure ⓘ |
| justifiedBy |
need for revolutionary discipline
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need for unified strategy ⓘ |
| language | English term "democratic centralism" translates Russian "demokraticheskiy tsentralizm" ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
democratic socialism debates
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party discipline ⓘ vanguard party theory ⓘ |
| requires |
binding acceptance of majority decisions
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strict party discipline ⓘ subordination of lower bodies to higher bodies ⓘ subordination of minority to majority ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chinese Communist Party
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Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ various Marxist–Leninist parties ⓘ |
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Subject: democratic centralism Description of subject: Democratic centralism is a Leninist organizational principle that combines internal party debate with strict unity in publicly supporting and implementing decisions once they are made.
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linked to: democratic centralism
linked to: democratic centralism