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Trotskyite

American  
[trot-skee-ahyt] / ˈtrɒt skiˌaɪt /
Or Trotskyist

noun

  1. a supporter of Trotsky or Trotskyism.


adjective

  1. of or relating to Trotsky or Trotskyism.

Etymology

Origin of Trotskyite

L. Trotsky + -ite 1

Example Sentences

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Thaddeus, the son of Trotskyite Jewish bookstore owners, hopes to be a novelist.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2017

The group eventually merged with a gay-friendly Trotskyite organization in New York called the Spartacist League, which offered Weinstein a leadership position, requiring him to move back to the East Coast.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2017

The 50-year-old trained doctor and former Trotskyite was a unique, if mercurial figure.

From Reuters • Jun. 8, 2011

For many years they were members of the Trotskyite Workers' Revolutionary Party, whose fellow travellers included Dame Helen Mirren, the Big Issue's John Bird and the actor and game-show host, Matthew Kelly.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2010

He served with the POUM, a Trotskyite outfit marked for liquidation, was wounded in battle�and thus lived to write 1984, in which "War Is Peace."

From Time Magazine Archive

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