Marxist

American  

[mahrk-sist] / ˈmɑrk sɪst /

noun

• Marxists
  plural

1. an adherent of Karl Marx or his theories.

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adjective

1. of Karl Marx or his theories.

Marxist British  

/ ˈmɑːksɪst /

noun

1. a follower of Marxism

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adjective

1. (of an economic or political theory) analogous to or derived from the doctrines of Karl Marx

2. of or relating to Marx, Marxism, or Marxists and their theories

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• non-Marxist
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Marxists
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of Marxist

First recorded in 1885–90; Marx + -ist

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Example Sentences

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Marxist Marxists

Last year, Cerimedo was a key player in the election of Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz, the center-right, U.S.-educated son of a former president who transitioned from Marxist firebrand to moderate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

During his arrest, Bush accused Humberside Police of treating him like the Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara and attempted to downplay his crimes.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

A more sophisticated version of the Marxist model was developed in the 1930s by V. Gordon Childe, the archaeologist who first named the Neolithic Revolution and the Urban Revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Allen, from what I can tell, was not advocating for social revolution, or a total inversion of the market economy, or the consecration of a Marxist state.

From Slate ● May 1, 2026

Arnie Weinstein took to frequenting the townie bars, where he attempted to discuss Marxist theory with hostile countermen.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

I thought about all those who had denounced the popes and the church they headed before him: the sans culottes, the guillotinists, the tricoteuses; all the rationalists, the Marxists, the humanists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

On Sunday afternoon, 157 of the direct elections had been declared: RSP dominating with 121, Nepali Congress 17, and the Marxists of now-defeated Oli trailing with seven.

From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026

The place was populated by Marxists and anarchists, “churchmen and agnostics, freethinkers, Darwinists and spiritualists … and dress reform cranks.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

However, not everyone agreed with this new economic order; Marxists critiqued it and proposed systems focused on equality rather than profit.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

All professors of economics in the Soviet countries are Marxists.

From Combat by Mack Reynolds

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