Marxian

American

[mahrk-see-uhn] / ˈmɑrk si ən /

adjective

of or relating to Karl Marx or his theories.

Marxian British

/ ˈmɑːksɪən /

adjective

of or relating to Karl Marx and his theories

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Etymology

Origin of Marxian

First recorded in 1885–90; Marx + -ian

Example Sentences

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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.”

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

Contrast the Hegelian and Marxian concepts of dialectic.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

The result, Craven contended, was a “half-baked Marxian interpretation.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2022

I was influenced by Marxian thinking without becoming a Marxist, ever.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 6, 2019

Ideological control was not to the Confucians, as some Marxian critics aver,55 a rather naïve duplicity by which the gentry of China could maintain themselves in power indefinitely.

From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony

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