Trotskyite
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Trotskyite
Example Sentences
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Thaddeus, the son of Trotskyite Jewish bookstore owners, hopes to be a novelist.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2017
The group eventually merged with a gay-friendly Trotskyite organization in New York called the Spartacist League, which offered Weinstein a leadership position, requiring him to move back to the East Coast.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2017
The 50-year-old trained doctor and former Trotskyite was a unique, if mercurial figure.
From Reuters ● Jun. 8, 2011
For many years they were members of the Trotskyite Workers' Revolutionary Party, whose fellow travellers included Dame Helen Mirren, the Big Issue's John Bird and the actor and game-show host, Matthew Kelly.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2010
Two years ago the Occident was certainly confused: Russia, riddled by the purges of the Trotskyite dissenters, was in no mood to fight a Far Eastern war on behalf of the Chinese.
From Time Magazine Archive
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