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marxist

Marx·ist
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mahrk-sist]
    • /ˈmɑrk sɪst/
    • /ˈmɑːk.sɪ.zəm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mahrk-sist]
    • /ˈmɑrk sɪst/

Definitions of marxist word

  • noun marxist an adherent of Karl Marx or his theories. 1
  • adjective marxist of Karl Marx or his theories. 1
  • noun marxist sb with extreme left-wing views 1
  • adjective marxist relating to left-wing philosophy 1
  • adjective marxist Marxist means based on Marxism or relating to Marxism. 0
  • countable noun marxist A Marxist is a person who believes in Marxism or who is a member of a Marxist party. 0
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Origin of marxist

First appearance:

before 1885
One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90; Marx + -ist

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Parts of speech for Marxist

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
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marxist popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for marxist

noun marxist

  • comrade — Your comrades are your friends, especially friends that you share a difficult or dangerous situation with.
  • sympathizer — a person who sympathizes.
  • red — John, c1460–1529, English poet.
  • fellow traveler — a person who supports or sympathizes with a political party, especially the Communist Party, but is not an enrolled member.
  • pinko — a person with left-wing, but not extreme, political opinions.
All 15 Synonyms of marxist

Antonyms for marxist

noun marxist

  • capitalist — A capitalist country or system supports or is based on the principles of capitalism.
  • conservative — A Conservative politician or voter is a member of or votes for the Conservative Party in Britain.
  • fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
All 3 Antonyms of marxist

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Related words

  • bourgeoisie

    In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are the middle-class people who own most of the wealth in a capitalist system.

  • class struggle

    in Marxism, the constant economic and political struggle held to exist between social classes regarded as exploiting and those regarded as exploited; specif., in capitalist countries, the struggle between capitalists (bourgeoisie) and workers (proletariat)

  • communist

    A communist is someone who believes in communism.

  • false consciousness

    a Marxist theory that people are unable to see things, especially exploitation, oppression, and social relations, as they really are; the hypothesized inability of the human mind to develop a sophisticated awareness of how it is developed and shaped by circumstances.

  • fascist

    a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.

  • historical materialism

    (in Marxist theory) the doctrine that all forms of social thought, as art or philosophy, and institutions, as the family or the state, develop as a superstructure founded on an economic base; that they reflect the character of economic relations and are altered or modified as a result of class struggles; that each ruling economic class produces the class that will destroy or replace it; and that dialectical necessity requires the eventual withering away of the state and the establishment of a classless society: the body of theory, in dialectical materialism, dealing with historical process and social causation.
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