Marx·ism
ˈmärk-ˌsi-zəm 
: the political, economic, and social principles and policies advocated by Marx
especially
: a theory and practice of socialism (see socialism sense 3) including the labor theory of value, dialectical materialism, the class struggle, and dictatorship of the proletariat until the establishment of a classless society
Marx·ist
ˈmärksə̇st
ˈmȧk-
plural -s
: a follower of Marx : an adherent of Marxism
some of the keenest philosophic minds among the early Russian Marxists—
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Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Walter, who had left the Progressive Labor Party, didn’t preach Marxism to his son, but Riley embraced a radical-left viewpoint on his own, after tagging along with some cute older girls who were participating in a cannery workers’ strike.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
In his first feature, Kiluanji Kia Henda imagines the return of Marxism to Angola through public debate, urban interventions and personal stories.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
This form evolved in the 20th century to address Marxism, fascism and class struggle, challenging traditional narratives through activism and experimental techniques.
—Jane M. Saks, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
The group is seen by many Iranians as a cult whose eclectic ideology, which mixes Islam and Marxism, is easily as unpalatable as the Islamic Republic’s.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form (Princeton University Press, 1974), 103, 105.
—Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Inigo Fraser Jenkins once warned that passive investing was worse for society than Marxism.
—Denitsa Tsekova, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2025
The Communist Revolution, rooted in the Western ideology of Marxism-Leninism imported from Europe, advocated a total rejection of native, Imperial-era customs and social structures.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 Nov. 2025
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And yet—there is also the Ginsberg who went to Cuba in 1965 to agitate for gay liberation against the homophobic Castro regime, where despite the poet’s own (kind of) Marxism he was expelled.
—Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Walter, who had left the Progressive Labor Party, didn’t preach Marxism to his son, but Riley embraced a radical-left viewpoint on his own, after tagging along with some cute older girls who were participating in a cannery workers’ strike.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
In his first feature, Kiluanji Kia Henda imagines the return of Marxism to Angola through public debate, urban interventions and personal stories.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
This form evolved in the 20th century to address Marxism, fascism and class struggle, challenging traditional narratives through activism and experimental techniques.
—Jane M. Saks, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
The group is seen by many Iranians as a cult whose eclectic ideology, which mixes Islam and Marxism, is easily as unpalatable as the Islamic Republic’s.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form (Princeton University Press, 1974), 103, 105.
—Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Inigo Fraser Jenkins once warned that passive investing was worse for society than Marxism.
—Denitsa Tsekova, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2025
The Communist Revolution, rooted in the Western ideology of Marxism-Leninism imported from Europe, advocated a total rejection of native, Imperial-era customs and social structures.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 Nov. 2025
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