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Marxism

[ mahrk-siz-uhm ]

noun

  1. the system of economic and political thought developed by Karl Marx, along with Friedrich Engels, especially the doctrine that the state throughout history has been a device for the exploitation of the masses by a dominant class, that class struggle has been the main agency of historical change, and that the capitalist system, containing from the first the seeds of its own decay, will inevitably, after the period of the dictatorship of the proletariat, be superseded by a socialist order and a classless society.


Marxism

/ ˈmɑːksɪzəm /

noun

  1. the economic and political theory and practice originated by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that holds that actions and human institutions are economically determined, that the class struggle is the basic agency of historical change, and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism


Marxism

1
  1. The doctrines of Karl Marx (see also Marx ) and his associate Friedrich Engels on economics, politics, and society. They include the notion of economic determinism — that political and social structures are determined by the economic conditions of people. Marxism calls for a classless society ( see class ), where all means of production are commonly owned, a system to be reached as an inevitable result of the struggle between capitalists and workers. ( See communism .)


Marxism

2
  1. The doctrines of Karl Marx (see also Marx ) and his associate Friedrich Engels on economics , politics, and society. They include the notion of economic determinism — that political and social structures are determined by the economic conditions of people. Marxism calls for a classless society in which all means of production are commonly owned ( communism ), a system to be reached as an inevitable result of the struggle between the leaders of capitalism and the workers.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Marxism1

First recorded in 1895–1900; Marx + -ism

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Example Sentences

Then he laughed and made a “who knows” face as he nodded toward one of the men discussing how to bring Marxism to power in Iraq.

What do we care for Marxism or monarchism, the resurrection of Holy Russia or the Idea of the Common Fate?

The irony is that a little of this so-called Marxism is exactly what could have saved capitalism (and not for the first time).

Ortega shows little interest in fascism or capitalism or Marxism, and this troubled me when I first read the book.

What in their history do they find inconsistent with totalitarianism, or at best statism, or at worst Marxism?

Knowledge is the saviour-god and Marxism is his divine gospel of freedom from these capitalistic sufferings.

It is the same materialistic conception which has triumphed in German Marxism and in the economic interpretation of history.

In this respect the critics of Marxism form two very distinct groups.

Its best-known forms are the historical school in the science of law, and Marxism.

This shortcoming of Marxism is cured by Dietzgen, who made the nature of the mind the special object of his investigations.

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