Naxalite
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Naxalite
C20: named after Naxalbari, a town in West Bengal where the movement started
Example Sentences
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India in the last two years stepped up its campaign against the last remnants of the Naxalite rebellion, named after the village in the Himalayan foothills where the Maoist-inspired insurgency began nearly six decades ago.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
India’s Maoist insurrection began with the Naxalite rebellion of 1967, one of the major regional explosions of Mao’s Cultural Revolution.
From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2019
Her family says she was visiting friends; the police say she was a Naxalite.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2012
Yet the so-called Naxalite rebellion now spreads across a “Red Corridor” in India’s east and south and affects a third of the country’s administrative districts.
From BusinessWeek • Dec. 5, 2011
She mentioned seeing him in the march on the way to Cochin and the rumors that he was or had been a Naxalite.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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