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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that believes in or follows the ideas of Marx and Engels.
  • noun A Marxian.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A socialist of the school which accepts the views of Karl Marx, or a historian or sociologist who accepts Marx's economic interpretation of history.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun One who believes in the theories of Karl Marx.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to Marx or Marxism.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Following the ideals of Marxism.
  • noun One that believes in or follows the ideals of Marxism.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an advocate of Marxism
  • adjective following the ideas of Marx and Engels
  • noun emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

Etymologies

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From Marx +‎ -ist.

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