Marxism

Marx·ism  (märkszm)

n.

The political and economic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in which the concept of class struggle plays a central role in understanding society's allegedly inevitable development from bourgeois oppression under capitalism to a socialist and ultimately classless society.

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Marxism

Noun

the economic and political theories of Karl Marx (1818–83), German political philosopher, which argue that class struggle is the basic agency of historical change, and that capitalism will be superseded by communism

Marxist nadj

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Marxism

1. the doctrines developed from the political, economie, and social theories of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, and their followers: dialectical materialism, a labor-based theory of wealth, an economie class struggle leading to revolution, the dictatorship of the proletariat, and the eventual development of a classless society.
2. the contributions to these doctrines in the interpretations of Lenin; Leninism. — Marxist, n., adj. — Marxian, adj.

See also: Communism

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Marxism - 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determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism communism - a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society lumpenproletariat - (Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement

Translations

Marxism [ˈmɑːksɪzəm] n → marxismo

Marxism [ˈmɑːksɪzəm] n → marxisme m

Marxism [ˈmɑːksɪzəm] n → Marxismus m

Marxism [ˈmɑːksɪzəm] n → marxismo