TROTSKYISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Trotskyism mean? 

• TROTSKYISM (noun)
  The noun TROTSKYISM has 1 sense:

1. the form of communism advocated by Leon Trotsky; calls for immediate worldwide revolution by the proletariat

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROTSKYISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The form of communism advocated by Leon Trotsky; calls for immediate worldwide revolution by the proletariat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

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

Derivation:

Trotskyist (radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution)