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Marxist

Marxist

58 6.8
Relating to Karl Marx's ideas about class and social equality
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɑrk.sɪst/
translation icon : marxista
  • Why is that so different from what Marxist theory would predict?
  • Marxist ideology
  • Marxist theory
  • Marxist-Leninist

She has disavowed few, if any of her almost Marxist or actual Marxist positions.

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Examples

  • And therefore it goes to socialism where there is under Marxist view, I guess some role for the state.

  • In a few months he's going to lead the revolution and start a Marxist regime.

  • Part of it to think that the solution is in a Marxist programme of fighting against capitalism.

  • Over half of all party members are manual workers, which is a far higher share than in all other non Marxist parties.

  • We have an epidemic of Marxist sympathies going on in this country.

  • The government's been fighting different Marxist factions for over thirty-five years.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • During the Cold War, both guerrilla groups steeped themselves in Marxist doctrine.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Daniel Aguirre is with the Argentine Rebel Movement, a Marxist political group.

  • In practice, it allowed Marxist regimes to legitimate despicable practices in the name of the common interest.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Many activists advocate for a Marxist approach to addressing economic inequality.

Synonyms

Marxian
vsMarxist
  • Formal
1 8.1

Relating to Karl Marx's ideas about society and the economy

advocates those theories as a political and economic ideology

Compounds

cultural Marxist
  • Offensive
1 8.9

A person who promotes Marxist ideas to change culture, often used as an insult

How Socialist

Marxist
58 6.8
socialist
161 4.9
moderate
85 4.6
capitalist
118 4.6

Surface Forms

Marxist positive

Morphology

Marxist = Marx (transparent) = Marx + ist

The adjectival use is formed from the name plus '-ist' indicating relation to Marx or his ideas (standard and productive in English).

Etymology

Marxist used as an adjective is made from Marx plus -ist and means 'relating to the ideas of Marx'. So, a Marxist view or theory looks at class struggle and ideas about socialism and social equality.