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MARXISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Marxism mean? 

MARXISM (noun)
  The noun MARXISM has 1 sense:

1. the economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communismplay

  Familiarity information: MARXISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MARXISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Marxism" is a kind of...):

communism (a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society)

Domain member category:

lumpenproletariat ((Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement)

Derivation:

Marxist (an advocate of Marxism)


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