Marxist

Etymology

From Marx +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːksɪst/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːɹksɪst/

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Adjective

Marxist (not comparable)

1. Following the ideals of Marxism.

   Synonym: Marxian

   • 1925, Nikolaĭ Ivanovich Bukharin, Lenin as a Marxist, Communist Party of Great Britain, page 7:

     Lenin's Marxist tendencies were underscored by his beliefs in state capitalism and the inconsistency of socialist democracy with the rule and dictatorship of one individual.

   • 2015, Q. Edward Wang, Marxist Historiographies: A Global Perspective, Routledge, page 187:

     Some of the historians working on these projects were influenced in some way or another by Marxist views toward history.

Noun

Marxist (plural Marxists)

1. One that believes in or follows the ideals of Marxism.

   Synonym: Marxian

   • 2001, Adam Mars-Jones, Mr. Fortune's Maggot: And, the Salutation With An Introduction by Adam Mars-Jones, The New York Review of Books, introduction:

     What sort of Marxist devotes six years to the perfecting of a novel so remote from the struggle for tomorrow?

   • 2010, Andrea Castillo, Of Marx and Mises:

     Of course, no two Marxists and no two Miseseans will ever be exactly alike, so I am not suggesting that a winning political coalition will result from this unlikely arrangement.

   • 2015, Park Si-soo, Leading Economist Dies at 73, The Korea Times

     Korea's leading Marxist economist Kim Soo-haeng, who translated the legendary economic book "Capital: Critique of Political Economy" into Korean in 1990, died of a heart attack in the United States, recently.

   • 2021 June 6, Daniel Hannan, “Communism is evolving. But the new version is no more toxic than the old one”, in The Daily Telegraph:

     Like Marxists, wokies are millenarians, working for a magical tomorrow that owes nothing either to past practice or to human frailties.

Further reading

• Marxist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Marxist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Etymology

From Marxismus +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Marxist m (weak, genitive Marxisten, plural Marxisten, feminine Marxistin)

1. Marxist

See also

• Kommunist
• Leninist
• Maoist
• Sozialist
• Trotzkist

Further reading

• “Marxist” in Duden online
• “Marxist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache