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Maoism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈmaʊɪzəm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The philosophy espoused by Chinese leader Mao Zedong, a form of Marxism-Leninism that focuses on the peasantry as the revolutionary vanguard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a form of communism developed in China by Mao Zedong

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: communism

History

Etymology

From Mao (surname of Mao Zedong) + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَاوِيَّة (māwiyya) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Armenian: մաոիզմ (maoizm) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Belarusian: мааі́зм (maaízm) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Breton: maoouriezh — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Bulgarian: маои́зъм (maoízǎm) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Catalan: maoisme — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毛主義 /毛主义 (Máo zhǔyì) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毛澤東主義 /毛泽东主义 (Máo Zédōng zhǔyì) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毛澤東思想 /毛泽东思想 (Máo Zédōng sīxiǎng) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Czech: maoismus — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Danish: maoisme — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Dutch: maoïsme — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Esperanto: maoismo — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Faroese: maoisma — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Finnish: maolaisuus — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • French: maoïsme — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Galician: maoísmo — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • German: Maoismus — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Greek: μαοϊσμός (maoïsmós) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Hebrew: מאואיזם (maoizm) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Hindi: माओवाद (māovād) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Hungarian: maoizmus — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Icelandic: maóismi — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Indonesian: Maoisme — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Italian: maoismo — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Japanese: 毛沢東思想 (Mō Takutō shisō) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Japanese: 毛主義 (Mō-shugi) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Japanese: 毛沢東主義 (Mō Takutō shugi) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Khmer: លទ្ធិម៉ៅនិយម (lôtthĭmaunĭymô) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Korean: 마오쩌둥주의 (maojjeodungjuui) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Korean: 마오쩌둥 사상 (maojjeodung sasang) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Lithuanian: maoizmas — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Macedonian: маои́зам (maoízam) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Malay: maoisme — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Marathi: माओवाद (māovād) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Norwegian: maoisme — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Persian: مائوئیسم (mâ'u'ism) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Persian: مائوگرایی (mâ'u-garâyi) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Polish: maoizm — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Portuguese: maoísmo — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Romanian: maoism — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Russian: маои́зм (maoízm) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Serbo-Croatian: маоизам — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Serbo-Croatian: maoizam — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Sicilian: maoismu — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Slovak: maoizmus — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Slovene: maoizem — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Spanish: maoísmo — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Swedish: maoism — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Thai: ลัทธิเหมาเจ๋อตง (lát-tí măo jĕr dtong) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Thai: ลัทธิเหมา — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Tibetan: མའོ་ཙེ་ཏུང་དགོངས་པ (ma'o tse tung dgongs pa) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Turkish: Maoculuk — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Ukrainian: маої́зм (maojízm) — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa Mao — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa Mao Trạch Đông — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Welsh: maoaeth — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong
  • Zhuang: Mauz Cwzdungh swhsiengj — philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong