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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For Marx and Engels, “capitalistic” meant corrupt and exploitative.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

It was more a concept than a reality and Marx bought in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Jokingly citing Karl Marx, he said: “Mankind always sets itself only such tasks as it is able to solve.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

In the basement: what I believe are my first pair of hockey skates, a broken papier-mâché Groucho Marx puppet, and a Green Bay Packers helmet I hand-painted in fourth grade.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Then later there were Hamilton and Karl Marx and William and Portia.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers