Marxist

UK: /ˈmɑː^rksɪst/ US: (märk′sist)

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Marx•ist  (märk′sist), n. 

1. Government an adherent of Karl Marx or his theories.

adj. 

2. Government of Karl Marx or his theories.

• Marx + -ist 1885–90

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Marxist / ˈmɑːksɪst/ noun

1. a follower of Marxism

adjective

1. (of an economic or political theory) analogous to or derived from the doctrines of Karl Marx
2. of or relating to Marx, Marxism, or Marxists and their theories

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Marx•ism /ˈmɑrksɪzəm/  also Marx•i•an•ism /ˈmɑrksiəˌnɪzəm/   n. [uncountable]

1. Government the system of thought developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, esp. that struggle among the social classes has been the main force of historical change and that capitalism will be replaced by a socialist order and a classless society.

Marx•ist, Marx•i•an, n. [countable] , adj. 

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Marx•ism  (märk′siz əm), n. 

1. Government the system of economic and political thought developed by Karl Marx, along with Friedrich Engels, esp. the doctrine that the state throughout history has been a device for the exploitation of the masses by a dominant class, that class struggle has been the main agency of historical change, and that the capitalist system, containing from the first the seeds of its own decay, will inevitably, after the period of the dictatorship of the proletariat, be superseded by a socialist order and a classless society.

• Marx + -ism 1895–1900