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MARXIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Marxist mean? 

MARXIST (noun)
  The noun MARXIST has 2 senses:

1. an advocate of Marxismplay

2. emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionariesplay

  Familiarity information: MARXIST used as a noun is rare.


MARXIST (adjective)
  The adjective MARXIST has 1 sense:

1. following the ideas of Marx and Engelsplay

  Familiarity information: MARXIST used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MARXIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An advocate of Marxism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)

Derivation:

Marxism (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determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bolshevik; bolshie; bolshy; Marxist; red

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

radical (a person who has radical ideas or opinions)


MARXIST (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Following the ideas of Marx and Engels

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Marxism (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determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism)


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