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Marxian

Marxian

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Relating to Karl Marx's ideas about society and the economy
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɑrksiən/
  • Formal
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  • Kiyoshi Miki distinguished himself by writing anthropological considerations, first on Pascal and then swiftly changing focus to Marxian anthropology.
  • Marxian theory
  • Marxian critique
  • Marxian perspective

Most of my adult life I have taught Marxian economics.

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Examples

  • According to him, Marxian communism is about property that is proper to the individual subject.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Such an approach derives from Marxian value theory.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Most of my adult life I have taught Marxian economics.

  • But it fueled and by the time I was done at Harvard, I knew I wanted to study Marxian economics.

  • For about thirty years or so, neoclassical models and, with growing force, Marxian models of value have been incorporated into economic geography.

    Academic text (1997)
  • A key aspect of this shift was a far-reaching Marxian critique of the avant-gardes.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The continued Marxian underpinnings of the Mind of the Master Class series reflected Gene's and Betsey's consistency, not changing premises.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Further, his statistical model suggests that manifestations of alienation are similar to the original Marxian conceptualization.

    Academic text (2003)
  • For more sophisticated Marxian socialists, it also came to be viewed as a potentially active contributor to those conflicts and crises.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Many universities offer courses that focus on Marxian economics and its impact on modern society.

Surface Forms

Marxian positive

Morphology

Marxian = Marx (transparent) = Marx + ian

The suffix '-ian' is commonly used to form adjectives meaning 'related to' or 'characteristic of', making the meaning clear.

Etymology

Marxian comes from the name Marx with the ending -ian, which means 'related to'. So Marxian as an adjective describes ideas, theories, or studies that come from Karl Marx's thinking.