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
Ms. Kollisch was an activist from an early age, joining the Trotskyist Workers Party in the mid-1940s, though she ultimately became disillusioned with its rigidity and bureaucracy.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
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
The left in Venezuela has many different movements and organizations, identifying as communist, Trotskyist, Marxist-Leninist, and various other related groups.
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2019
