Marxist
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(of an economic or political theory) analogous to or derived from the doctrines of Karl Marx
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of or relating to Marx, Marxism, or Marxists and their theories
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The essential thing to understand about Mr. Putin, she begins, is that he isn’t a Marxist or a communist or even a defender of Leninism or Stalinism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
India today is marked by soaring inequality, chronic youth unemployment and deepening economic insecurity - conditions in which Marxist politics might once have been expected to flourish.
From BBC ● May 26, 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
It’s the protective sense of a hedge that Alfred Winslow Jones, the former Marxist sociologist who coined the modern term “hedged fund” in 1949, had in mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
But I had little knowledge of Marxism, and in political discussions with my Communist friends I found myself handicapped by my ignorance of Marxist philosophy.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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
Blaschko said his TikTok viewers come from very different backgrounds—vehement atheists, radical traditional Catholics, nihilists, ex-Mormons, Marxists, and mold eaters.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2022
The problem with Marxist theory faced by Russian Marxists was that, according to Marx, a revolution could only happen in an advanced industrial society.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Instead of a great victory, therefore, the Marxists left the congress of Basel utterly dejected, and Eccarius is reported to have said, "Marx will be terribly annoyed."
From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert
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