Marx

[ mahrks; German mahrks ]

noun
  1. Karl (Hein·rich) [kahrl hahyn-rik; German kahrl hahyn-rikh], /kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪk; German kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪx/, 1818–83, German economist, philosopher, and socialist.

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How to use Marx in a sentence

  • He had tried to make it a political, revolutionary society; and when he found himself defeated by Marx' opposition, he retired.

    The Life of Mazzini | Bolton King
  • While with him moral and spiritual phenomena are the fundamental facts, Marx builds his system on material phenomena.

    The Life of Mazzini | Bolton King
  • Marx deduced from his economic studies a confident and detailed prophecy of economic development.

    The Life of Mazzini | Bolton King
  • Fourier with his phalansteries is quite forgotten, his place being taken by Marx.

  • This is the discovery of Karl Marx which is known as the scientific or materialistic interpretation of history.

    Communism and Christianism | William Montgomery Brown

British Dictionary definitions for Marx

Marx

/ (mɑːks) /


noun
  1. Karl (karl). 1818–83, German founder of modern communism, in England from 1849. With Engels, he wrote The Communist Manifesto (1848). He developed his theories of the class struggle and the economics of capitalism in Das Kapital (1867; 1885; 1895). He was one of the founders of the International Workingmen's Association (First International) (1864)

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