English Explanatory Dictionary

Marxism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The socialist and communist philosophy and political program founded by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
The socialist and communist theory of the followers of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; a radical, revolutionary political philosophy that aims to capture state power, introduce a dictatorship of the proletariat, and then progress to communism.
Any left-wing ideology, government regulations, or policies promoting a welfare state, nationalisation, etc.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Marxism.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɑɹk.sɪ.zəm/ en-us-Marxism.ogg

Word forms

Marxism Marxisms

Etymology

From Marx + -ism.

Synonyms

scientific socialism

Related words

Marxian Marxist capitalism communism feudalism Marxism-Leninism socialism

Derived words

creative Marxism cultural Marxism Marxism-Leninism racial Marxism paleomarxism

Translations

Albanian: marksizëm Arabic: مَارْكْسِيَّة Armenian: մարքսիզմ Azerbaijani: marksizm Basque: marxismo Belarusian: марксі́зм Bengali: মার্কসবাদ Bulgarian: маркси́зъм Burmese: မာ့က်စ်ဝါဒ Catalan: marxisme Chichewa: Chimarx Chinese Cantonese: 馬克思主義 /马克思主义 Chinese Mandarin: 馬克思主義 /马克思主义 Czech: marxismus Danish: marxisme Dutch: marxisme Esperanto: marksismo Estonian: marksism Finnish: marxismi Finnish: marxilaisuus French: marxisme West-Frisian: marksisme Gagauz: marksizm Galician: marxismo Georgian: მარქსიზმი German: Marxismus Greek: μαρξισμός Gujarati: માર્ક્સવાદ Hebrew: מַרְקְסִיזְם Hindi: मार्क्सवाद Hungarian: marxizmus Icelandic: marxismi Ido: marxismo Irish: Marxachas Italian: marxismo Japanese: マルクス主義 Japanese: マルキシズム Kazakh: марксизм Khmer: ម៉ាក្សនិយម Korean: 마르크스주의 Korean: 맑스주의 Korean: 마르크시즘 Central Kurdish: مارکسیزم Northern Kurdish: marksîzm

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