Marxist
pronunciation
How to pronounce Marxist in British English:
UK [ˈmɑːksɪst]
How to pronounce Marxist in American English:
US [ˈmɑːrksɪst]
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- Noun:
- an advocate of Marxism
- emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
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- Adjective:
- following the ideas of Marx and Engels
Word Origin
- Marxist (n.)
- 1886, "devotee of the teachings of Marx," from French marxiste, from Karl Marx (1818-1883), German political theorist. The adjective is attested from 1884. The adjectival form Marxian (1940) sometimes is used (by Groucho, among others) to distinguish the U.S. vaudeville team from the German communist.
Example
- 1. Blame it on the revolution or on marxist nostalgia .
- 2. As marx himself declared , he was not a marxist .
- 3. The writer a marxist is openly contemptuous of his work .
- 4. How well kautsky wrote , when he was still a marxist !
- 5. It also enumerates the ways that lead a thinking marxist out of this affliction .