Marxist
- noun
- /ˈmɑrk.sɪst/
- There were two reasons in Marxist thought as to why the proletariat would lead the revolution.
- Marxist-Leninist
- Marxists believe
- Hegelian Marxists
And my suspicion is the Marxists are after our constitution.
- And my suspicion is the Marxists are after our constitution.
- Peter Buttigieg's father was a Marxist, also Marxist English professor.
- But wasn't a Marxist, wasn't, wasn't a Maoist.
- It's good man, but he was a Marxist and he didn't know it.
- Is this debate among Marxists about the role of the state.
- I mean, I'm obviously I'm I'm not a Marxist.
- I, my parents were Marxists and I was sort of a baby Marxist for a little while.
- He's been out there so much over the years and he's, you know, he's a committed Marxist, so you know where he stands.
- And my mom was a left wing lunatic, like, like almost a Marxist.
- I've had my a Marxist and my dad headed the teachers union.
- My spirit died every time when I talk to these Marxists.
Examples
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They tell me that I have become a Marxist because of this.
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I agree with Rosa Luxembourg, the great Marxist revolutionary.
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You know, I'm, I, I came from a, a Marxist background and I believe in freedom.
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And a point made at length by Marxist critics of capitalism.
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So I guess that makes me the only Marxist around here, right, comrade?
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Is this debate among Marxists about the role of the state.
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Russia had been thrown upon a bold and dangerous course under a Marxist inspired revolutionary party.
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Berdyaev, in his early days as a Marxist, saw politics as a snare and a delusion, a mask.
Academic text (1991) -
One of his warmest admirers was Paul Sweezy, a young Marxist who assisted him in the graduate course on theory.
Academic text (1991) -
She has always identified as a Marxist and participates in discussions about social justice.
Synonyms
A person who wants businesses and land owned by the community, not by individuals
A person who supports extreme left politics
A person who follows Karl Marx's ideas about politics and the economy
Compounds
- Offensive
A person who promotes Marxist ideas to change culture, often used as an insult
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Marxist comes from the name Marx, the thinker Karl Marx, plus the ending -ist, the same ending you see in artist or pianist and meaning 'a person who supports or follows' an idea. So, a Marxist is a person who supports Marx's ideas about class, work, and society.