marxism

Noun

Meaning

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determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

communism bolshevism socialism radicalism collectivism Maoism Marxism-Leninism dialectical materialism communalism Leninism sovietism Stalinism social democracy leftism totalitarianism
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Antonyms

capitalism competitive market capitalist economy industrial capitalism capitalist world free-enterprise economy
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Hypernyms

communism

Phrases with the word

racial Marxism ideals of marxism ideology of marxism doctrine of marxism philosophy of marxism theory of marxism

Examples

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals. Edmund Wilson

Academic Marxism is a fantasy world, and unctuous compassion-sweepstakes, into which real workers or peasants never penetrate. Camille Paglia

Marxism is always open, always critical, always self-critical. Ernest Mandel

Trotskyism is not a new movement, a new doctrine, but the restoration, the revival of genuine Marxism as it was expounded and practiced in the Russian revolution and in the early days of the Communist International. James P. Cannon

At the bottom of at least popular Marxism there has always been a kind of disgust with humanity as it is and a perfect faith in humanity as it is to be. Lionel Trilling

Cleansed of its leftist residues, anarchy - anarchism minus Marxism - will be free to get better at being what it is. Bob Black

Close letter words and terms

marxisant Marxisation Marxise Marxism-Leninism Marxism-Leninism-Maoism Marxist