MAOIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Maoist mean? 

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

1. an advocate of Maoism

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

• MAOIST (adjective)
  The adjective MAOIST has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Maoism

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAOIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An advocate of Maoism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

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

Derivation:

Maoism (a form of communism developed in China by Mao Zedong)

• MAOIST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Maoism

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Maoism (a form of communism developed in China by Mao Zedong)