Phrase guide

cultural Marxism

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Marxist analysis applied to culture and cultural phenomena.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Marxism, uncountable

Topics: academia, scholarly, sciences

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Meaning 2

A form of Marxism perceived as subsumed by capitalism and thus as unauthentic by its critics (usually other Marxists).

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Usage: Marxism, uncountable

Topics: academia, scholarly, sciences

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Meaning 3

Umbrella term for the idea, in right-wing conspiracy theories, of a Marxism that controls modern progressive politics, mass media, and academia, typically with the purported goal of deconstructing Western civilization.

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Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: chiefly right-wing US politics

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Meaning 4

A political catchphrase or dog whistle used by right-wing supporters to stigmatize civil rights, institutional diversity and inclusion initiatives, and social justice movements by falsely associating them with totalitarian communism.

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Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: critical; right-wing; critical; right-wing

Topics: government, politics

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Meaning 5

Alternative form of cultural Marxism.

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Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable

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History

Etymology

Coined by Trent Schroyer's The Critique of Domination: The Origins and Development of Critical Theory (1973). In the more recent (US) politics sense mirroring the older cultural Bolshevism used in Nazi Germany.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اَلْمَارْكْسِيَّة ثَقَافِيَّة — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Bulgarian: културен марксизъм (kulturen marksizǎm) — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文化馬克思主義 /文化马克思主义 (wénhuà Mǎkèsīzhǔyì) — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文馬 /文马 (wénmǎ) — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Czech: kulturní marxismus — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Dutch: cultuurmarxisme — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Finnish: kulttuurimarxilaisuus — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Finnish: kulttuurimarxismi — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • French: marxisme culturel — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Georgian: კულტურული მარქსიზმი (ḳulṭuruli marksizmi) — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • German: Kulturbolschewismus — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • German: Kulturmarxismus — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Greek: πολιτιστικός μαρξισμός (politistikós marxismós) — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Hebrew: הַמַרְקְסִיזְם הַתַּרְבּוּתִי (hamarksízem hatarbutí) — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Hungarian: kulturális marxizmus — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Hungarian: kultúrmarxiszmus — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Indonesian: marxisme budaya — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Japanese: 文化的マルクス主義 (funkateki Marukusushūgi) — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Nepali: सांस्कृतिक मार्क्सवादी (sānskr̥tik mārksavādī) — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kulturmarxisme — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Persian: مارکسیسم فرهنگی (mârksism farhangi) — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Polish: marksizm kulturowy — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Portuguese: marxismo cultural — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Romanian: marxism cultural — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Russian: культу́рный маркси́зм (kulʹtúrnyj marksízm) — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Serbo-Croatian: ку̀лтӯрнӣ марксѝзам — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Serbo-Croatian: kùltūrnī marksìzam — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Spanish: marxismo cultural — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Swedish: kulturmarxism — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa Marx văn hóa — conspiracy theory that cultural elements that were perceived to be propagating undesirable Marxist ideas by the Frankfurt School