Trotskyite
noun
a supporter of Trotsky or Trotskyism.
Trotskyist
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a variation of
Trotskyite.
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a word derived from
Trotskyism.
Trotskyismnounthe form of Communism advocated by Leon Trotsky, based on an immediate, worldwide revolution by the proletariat.
Example Sentences
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Battersby was also an active member of the Workers’ Revolutionary party, a Trotskyist communist group in England.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
Fraser was a Trotskyist — meaning she supported the aims of Leon Trotsky, who allied with Lenin in an attempt to stop Stalin’s rise to power.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
"Trotskyist," in the Russian vernacular imagination, still signifies renegades, rebels, internal dissidents and exiled radicals, individualists and intellectuals.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2023
At a café in Arras, I shared a table with Nicole Giraud, a retired substitute teacher with a stack of Trotskyist magazines under her arm.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2022
There are Soviet agents and Trotskyist agitators, a cross-dressing jazz singer, an Armenian mafia boss and a rich industrialist in cahoots with a group of army officers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2017
