Marx

[mahrks, mahrks]

noun

1. Karl (Heinrich) 1818–83, German economist, philosopher, and socialist.

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)

Example Sentences

While our entire political system sounds like it was assembled by the Marx Brothers, we’re busy deciding whether it’s okay to criticize, or merely quote, Charlie Kirk.

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Marx was in her late 20s, just beyond her rookie year at the FBI.

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“That Marx quote about how history repeats itself first as tragedy & then as farce is prescient as always,” wrote one commentator.

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They’re more like trusty gags that sidle in wearing Groucho Marx glasses.

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“I don’t know anybody who wrote the Marx Brothers movies,” he said.

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