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Marxist

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈmɑːksɪst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈmɑːɹksɪst/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M AA1 R K S AH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: M AA1 R K S IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Following the ideals of Marxism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Marxian

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One that believes in or follows the ideals of Marxism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Marxian, Marxista

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

following the ideas of Marx and Engels

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Bolshevik, red, bolshie, bolshy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: radical

5

noun

Meaning 5

an advocate of Marxism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent

History

Etymology

From Marx + -ist. Piecewise doublet of Marxista.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ماركسيّ — following Marxism
  • Armenian: մարքսիստական (markʻsistakan) — following Marxism
  • Basque: marxista — following Marxism
  • Catalan: marxista — following Marxism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬克思主義的 /马克思主义的 (Mǎkèsīzhǔyì de) — following Marxism
  • Czech: marxistický — following Marxism
  • Dutch: marxistisch — following Marxism
  • Finnish: marxilainen — following Marxism
  • French: marxiste — following Marxism
  • Galician: marxista — following Marxism
  • German: marxistisch — following Marxism
  • Greek: μαρξιστικός (marxistikós) — following Marxism
  • Hindi: मार्क्सवादी (mārksavādī) — following Marxism
  • Hungarian: marxista — following Marxism
  • Ido: Marxista — following Marxism
  • Japanese: マルキスト — following Marxism
  • Khmer: ម៉ាក្សីស (maaksəyh) — following Marxism
  • Central Kurdish: مارکسیستی (marksîstî) — following Marxism
  • Lithuanian: marksistinis — following Marxism
  • Marathi: मार्क्सवादी (mārksavādī) — following Marxism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: marxistisk — following Marxism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: marxistisk — following Marxism
  • Polish: marksistowski — following Marxism
  • Portuguese: marxista — following Marxism
  • Russian: маркси́стский (marksístskij) — following Marxism
  • Slovak: marxistický — following Marxism
  • Spanish: marxista — following Marxism
  • Swedish: marxistisk — following Marxism
  • Vietnamese: Mác-xít — following Marxism
  • Yiddish: מאַרקסיסטיש (marksistish) — following Marxism
  • Armenian: մարքսիստ (markʻsist) — one who follows Marxism
  • Burmese: မာတ်စ်ဝါဒီ (matc-wadi) — one who follows Marxism
  • Carpathian Rusyn: марксі́ста (marksísta) — one who follows Marxism
  • Carpathian Rusyn: марксі́стка (marksístka) — one who follows Marxism
  • Catalan: marxista — one who follows Marxism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬克思主義者 /马克思主义者 (Mǎkèsīzhǔyìzhě) — one who follows Marxism
  • Czech: marxista — one who follows Marxism
  • Finnish: marxilainen — one who follows Marxism
  • Finnish: marxisti — one who follows Marxism
  • French: Marxiste — one who follows Marxism
  • Galician: marxista — one who follows Marxism
  • German: Marxist — one who follows Marxism
  • German: Marxistin — one who follows Marxism
  • Greek: μαρξιστής (marxistís) — one who follows Marxism
  • Greek: μαρξίστρια (marxístria) — one who follows Marxism
  • Hungarian: marxista — one who follows Marxism
  • Ido: Marxisto — one who follows Marxism
  • Japanese: マルクス主義者 (Marukusu-shugisha) — one who follows Marxism
  • Japanese: マルキシスト (Marukushisuto) — one who follows Marxism
  • Kazakh: марксшіл (marksşıl) — one who follows Marxism
  • Central Kurdish: مارکسیست (marksîst) — one who follows Marxism
  • Lithuanian: marksistas — one who follows Marxism
  • Lithuanian: marksistė — one who follows Marxism
  • Marathi: मार्क्सवादी (mārksavādī) — one who follows Marxism
  • Polish: marksista — one who follows Marxism
  • Polish: marksistka — one who follows Marxism
  • Portuguese: marxista — one who follows Marxism
  • Russian: маркси́ст (marksíst) — one who follows Marxism
  • Russian: маркси́стка (marksístka) — one who follows Marxism
  • Slovak: marxista — one who follows Marxism
  • Spanish: marxista — one who follows Marxism
  • Swedish: marxist — one who follows Marxism
  • Yiddish: מאַרקסיסט (marksist) — one who follows Marxism
Real reading context

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