English

Adjective

Marxist ‎(not comparable)

1. Following the ideals of Marxism.
   • 1925: Nikolaĭ Ivanovich Bukharin, Lenin as a Marxist, Communist Party of Great Britain, page 7

     Lenin's Marxist tendencies were underscored by his beliefs in state capitalism and the inconsistency of socialist democracy with the rule and dictatorship of one individual.

   • 2015: Q. Edward Wang, Marxist Historiographies: A Global Perspective, Routledge, page 187

     Some of the historians working on these projects were influenced in some way or another by Marxist views toward history.

Synonyms

• Marxian

Translations

Noun

Marxist ‎(plural Marxists)

1. One that believes in or follows the ideals of Marxism.
   • 2001: Adam Mars-Jones, Mr. Fortune's Maggot: And, the Salutation With An Introduction by Adam Mars-Jones, The New York Review of Books, introduction

     What sort of Marxist devotes six years to the perfecting of a novel so remote from the struggle for tomorrow?

   • 2015: Park Si-soo, Leading Economist Dies at 73, The Korea Times

     Korea's leading Marxist economist Kim Soo-haeng, who translated the legendary economic book "Capital: Critique of Political Economy" into Korean in 1990, died of a heart attack in the United States, recently.

Synonyms

• Marxian

Translations

German

Etymology

From Marxismus + -ist

Noun

Marxist m ‎(genitive Marxisten, plural Marxisten, feminine Marxistin)

1. Marxist

Declension

Derived terms

• marxist feminist
• Marxist-Leninist

Related terms

• Marxism

See also

• communist
• Leninist
• Maoist
• socialist
• Trotskyite