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Trotskyist

Trotskyist

2 9.9
A person who supports Trotsky's idea of an ongoing world revolution by workers to create socialism
  • noun
  • /ˈtrɒtskiɪst/
translation icon : trotskista
  • The young Trotskyist advocated for a global revolution to promote socialism.

You say that you've been a neo Marxist, a neo Trotskyist, a neo socialist, A neoliberal and finally a neoconservative.

Examples

  • His unhappy experience in helping to broker the merger of the AWP with the Trotskyists (the Workers Party, created in late 1935) convinced him that revolutionary politics was a dead end.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Ironically, the Stalinists began by using the very techniques the Trotskyists had used against their opponents years before.

    Blog text (4)

  • And I'm not a Trotskyist anymore.

    Captain Fantastic (2016)

  • One side becomes the Trotskyist movement, the other's Stalinist movement.

  • It's a Trotskyist insight, but it actually applies with remarkable force in the US.

    Blog text (1)

  • Many of us went to school with the Trotskyists.

    Local Band (2023)

  • In Arequipa, you are branded as a Trotskyist.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Some of my schoolmates must have been Trotskyists when I was a student in Arequipa.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Wang Fanxi, who would later go on to become a leading Chinese Trotskyist, saw the reality of Stalin's Russia with his own eyes.

    Blog text (34)

  • The official party, to which the Trotskyists still vowed allegiance, was in terrible disarray.

    Blog text (34)

Synonyms

revolutionary
vsTrotskyist
48 5.8

A person who supports or takes part in political change to remove a government

specifies continual worldwide revolution as an explicit ideological goal rather than general revolt
Marxist
vsTrotskyist
43 6.3

A person who supports Karl Marx's ideas about class and social equality

focuses more narrowly on worldwide continuous revolution than general Marxian theory
Communist
vsTrotskyist
18 4.4

A person who wants businesses and land owned by the community, not by individuals

is narrower, stressing a specific tactic of global continuous revolution rather than broad party membership
Trot
vsTrotskyist
  • Archaic
4 9.9

A person who supports Trotsky's idea of socialist revolution worldwide

has identical meaning but is the longer or more formal expression
revolutionist
vsTrotskyist
1 7.0

A person who takes strong action to change a government or society

specifies continual worldwide revolution as an explicit ideological goal rather than general revolt
internationalist
vsTrotskyist
1 8.6

A person who supports socialist or communist groups working together across countries

focuses on ongoing global revolution as a specific strategy rather than organization work
Trotskyite
vsTrotskyist
9.6

A person who supports Trotsky's idea of making socialism by worldwide revolution

has identical meaning but is a variant spelling of the same term
Marxian
vsTrotskyist
8.0

A person who follows Karl Marx's ideas about politics and the economy

is narrower in stressing continual global revolution as an explicit program rather than general theory

Surface Forms

Trotskyist singular
Trotskyists plural

Morphology

Trotskyist = Trotsky (transparent) = Trotsky + ist

Clearly formed from the proper name 'Trotsky' plus the agentive suffix '-ist', indicating a supporter or follower.

Etymology

Trotskyist comes from the name Trotsky, a Russian revolutionary, plus the ending -ist, which means 'supporter' or 'follower' as in artist or pianist. So a Trotskyist is someone who follows Trotsky's ideas about making socialism in many countries.