Marxian

[mahrk-see-uhn]

adjective

1. of or relating to Karl Marx or his theories.

Marxian

/ ˈmɑːksɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Karl Marx and his theories

Other Word Forms

• Marxianism noun
• post-Marxian adjective
• pre-Marxian adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Marxian¹

First recorded in 1885–90; Marx + -ian

Example Sentences

So he found a better, Marxian term — one fit for Groucho, not Karl.

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This leads him to such “structural” Marxian insights as the following: Stanford University is a “human capital” factory, a “breeding and training project.”

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Despite the fact that his entire book is a Marxian critique of capitalism, Harris never mentions the fact that the 20th century’s two major attempts to create alternatives to that economic system were horror shows that left tens of millions dead.

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He lambasted the polymathic Bertrand Russell and Marxian philosopher Herbert Marcuse — darlings of liberal social activists — as “the Abbott and Costello of political philosophy.”

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Today’s right-wing culture warriors think in distinctly Marxian terms: a class struggle between a proletarian base of traditionalists and a powerful public-private bureaucracy that is actively hostile to the American way of life.

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