Definition of Marxism

1. Noun. The economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism.

Generic synonyms: Communism
Examples of category: Lumpenproletariat
Derivative terms: Marxist

Definition of Marxism

1. Noun. The socialist philosophy and political program founded by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; scientific socialism. ¹

2. Noun. The socialist ideology of the followers of Karl Marx; a radical, revolutionary political philosophy that aims to capture state power, introduce a dictatorship of the proletariat, and then progress to communism. ¹

3. Noun. The socialist philosophy and political program developed by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. ¹

4. Noun. Any social or political philosophy or ideology derived from the thought of Karl Marx. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marxism

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Marvellian
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Marwari
Marwaris
Marx
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Marxism
Marxism-Leninism
Marxist
Marxist-Leninist
Marxists
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Mary-bud
Mary-buds
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Mary Augusta Arnold Ward
Mary Baker Eddy
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Mary Celeste

Literary usage of Marxism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION : A COMPARATIVE ESTIMATE OF marxism AS A RELIGION PRANAB KUMAR BHATTACHARYA By way of introduction it may be said that a ..."

2. Industrial Problems and Disputes by George Ranken Askwith Askwith (1921)
"CHAPTER XXXII marxism—SYNDICALISM—GUILD SOCIALISM THE theories covered by the terms of marxism, Syndicalism, and Guild Socialism have much in common, ..."

3. The Fractured Continent: Latin America in Close-Up by Willard Leon Beaulac (1980)
"Nevertheless marxism has had enormous influence in Latin America as well as in other less-developed areas. Prior to the Russian Revolution and for some time ..."

4. Russian Sociology: A Contribution to the History of Sociological Thought and by Julius Friedrich Hecker (1915)
"Therefore marxism has become a socialistic Utopia, and a pseudo science, having for its premises not facts but the Hegelian dialectical logic. ..."

5. Documents of Dissent: Chinese Political Thought Since Mao by James Chester Cheng (1980)
"We shall first discuss the question whether marxism should be revised; ... In order to clarify the problem whether marxism should indeed be revised, ..."

6. Socialism and Philosophy by Antonio Labriola, Ernest Untermann (1906)
"CONCERNING THE CRISIS OF marxism AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED BY ANTONIO LABRIOLA IN THE RIVISTA ITALIANA DI SOCIOLOGIA, VOLUME III, 1899. I refer here to a book, ..."

7. The Balance Sheet of Sovietism by Boris Brasol (1922)
"marxism, — proletarians of all countries unite." 2. "Mother of God, Holy Virgin—the ... "The Holy Trinity—Socialism, Communism and marxism—kill the tyrants. ..."

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