Marx

American  

[mahrks, mahrks] / mɑrks, mɑrks /

noun

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

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Marx British  

/ 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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W. David Marx’s doomscroll through 21st century pop culture, “Blank Space,” is largely a catalog of cringe.

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Offering a “unified narrative,” Mr. Marx identifies the “single profound shift that defines the era.”

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Marx promised that religion would vanish when material conditions improved.

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Groucho Marx quipped that he wouldn’t want to belong to any club that would accept him as a member.

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