noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtɹɒt.skɪ.ɪ.z(ə)m/
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General-American:/ˈtɹɑt.ski(ː).i.zəm/
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noun
Meaning 1
The left-wing political philosophy named after and based on the ideas of Leon Trotsky that is characterized by international socialism, opposition to Stalinism, the theory of permanent revolution and the theory of the vanguard party.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
the form of communism advocated by Leon Trotsky; calls for immediate worldwide revolution by the proletariat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communism
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Trotsky Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Trotskyism From Trotsky + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
تْرُوتْسْكِيَّة
(trutskiyya)
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Armenian:
տրոցկիզմ
(trocʻkizm)
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Asturian:
trotskismu
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Belarusian:
трацкі́зм
(trackízm)
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Breton:
trotskouriezh
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Bulgarian:
троцки́зъм
(trockízǎm)
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Catalan:
trotskisme
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Chinese Mandarin:
托洛茨基主義 /托洛茨基主义
(Tuōluòcíjī zhǔyì)
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Czech:
trockismus
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Danish:
trotskisme
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Dutch:
trotskisme
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Esperanto:
trockismo
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Estonian:
trotskism
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Finnish:
trotskilaisuus
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
French:
trotskisme
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
French:
trotskysme
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Galician:
trotskismo
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Georgian:
ტროცკიზმი
(ṭrocḳizmi)
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
German:
Trotzkismus
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Greek:
τροτσκισμός
(trotskismós)
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Hebrew:
טרוצקיזם
(trotskizm)
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Hungarian:
trockizmus
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Icelandic:
trotskíismi
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Irish:
Trotscaíochas
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Italian:
trotskismo
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Italian:
trotschismo
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Japanese:
トロツキズム
(Torotsukizumu)
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Korean:
트로츠키주의
(Teurocheuki-juui)
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Macedonian:
троцки́зам
(trockízam)
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Norwegian:
trotskisme
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Persian:
تروتسکیسم
(trotskisem)
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Polish:
trockizm
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Portuguese:
trotskismo
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Romanian:
troțkism
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Russian:
троцки́зм
(trockízm)
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Serbo-Croatian:
троцкѝзам
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Serbo-Croatian:
trockìzam
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Spanish:
trotskismo
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Swedish:
trotskism
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Turkish:
troçkizm
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Ukrainian:
троцькі́зм
(trocʹkízm)
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
Yiddish:
טראָצקיזם
(trotskizm)
— left-wing political philosophy named after Leon Trotsky
