cultural Marxist
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- noun
- /ˈkʌltʃərəl ˈmɑrkˌsɪst/
- Offensive
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marxista cultural
- Critics argue that cultural Marxists are influencing education and media to promote their ideologies.
Examples
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When I speak of Leftists, I'm referring to Cultural Marxists.
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It's an old trick used by Marxists (and cultural Marxists).
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The cultural Marxists have won.
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Open borders invite proletarian socialists to form an alliance with the Cultural Marxists.
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For myself, I believe that many left-liberals were bamboozled by the high rhetoric defending hate speech laws, but the hardcore cultural Marxists, identity politics.
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Many people believe that cultural Marxists are undermining traditional values in society.
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In political debates, accusations of being a cultural Marxist are often used to discredit opponents.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built: 'cultural' (relating to society/culture) modifies 'Marxist' (an adherent of Marxist theory), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a Marxist concerned with culture. While the term carries additional political and pejorative connotations in discourse, its basic referential meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Cultural Marxist joins cultural (about a group's ideas and habits) and Marxist (a follower of Karl Marx). It names people who try to apply Marx's ideas to culture, and today the phrase is often used as an 'insult' to say someone wants to 'change traditional values'.