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Marxite
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English
Etymology
From en Marx ite.
Adjective
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en Marxist#Adjective.
en 1903-08-13 w:William Marion Reedy James Neilson Woods The Poor Men’s Trust Reedy's Mirror The Mirror 13 27 Saint Louis, Mo. 683413941 5 https://archive.org/details/sim_reedys-mirror_1903-08-13_13_27/page/5/mode/1up At recent Marxite conventions, evidence of the growing power of the more conservatively rational element attracted general attention, and was hailed with the utmost of gratification by all political parties opposed to violent, revolutionary changes in the status quo.
en 1908 H. G. Wells H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells Revolutionary Socialism XI New Worlds for Old (Wells book) New Worlds for Old New York Macmillan Inc. The Macmillan Company 1049900876 233 https://archive.org/details/newworldsforold00well/page/233/mode/1up Herr Bebel’s book, Woman, is an ample statement of the evils of woman’s lot under the existing régime, but the few pages upon the future of woman with which he concludes are eloquent of the jejune insufficiency of the Marxite outlook in this direction.
en 1928 Janet Trevelyan [Printed as "Mrs. G. M. Trevelyan"] Modern Italy X A history of Italy London w:Ernest Benn Limited 1149534565 74 https://archive.org/details/historyofitaly0000trev/page/74/mode/1up High taxation of necessities ground down the labourer; high protection made his bread dear, and when he adopted in self-defence the Marxite doctrines of class-war the only reply of the Government was to strike at him in blind terror.
Noun
en Marxist#Noun.
en 1914 Arthur Clutton-Brock A[arthur] Clutton-Brock Morris as a Socialist VIII William Morris: His Work and Influence London w:Williams and Norgate New York Henry Holt and Company H[enry] Holt and company 1914 1158327414 153 https://archive.org/details/williammorrishis00clutiala/page/153/mode/1up Mr. Hyndman, the leader of one party in the Federation, was, and still is, a Marxite, and to him the whole body of Marx’s doctrine is the Socialist orthodoxy.
en 1930 George Bernard Shaw Bernard Shaw Karl Marx and “Das Kapital” [First Notice] V Bernard Shaw & Karl Marx, A Symposium, 1884-1889 New York, Printed for Random House by R. W. Ellis The Georgian Press 1147721622 116 https://archive.org/details/bernardshawkarlm0000shaw/page/116/mode/1up But it must immediately be added, as a considerable set-off, that the average Marxite never understands rent, and confuses employers with capitalists and profits with interest in a way which the modest disciples of General Walker despise.
en 1953 United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on Banking and Currency The Chairman (Homer E. Capehart) Monday, March 23, 1953 Standby Economic Controls: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, 83rd United States Congress 83d Congress, 1st Session, on S. 753, a Bill to Provide Standby Economic Controls, and S. 1081, a Bill to Provide Authority for Temporary Economic Controls 2 Washington w:United States Government Printing Office 960695979 721 https://archive.org/details/sim_united-states-congress-hearings-prints-and-reports_march-10-13-17-23-24-1953/page/721/mode/1up I have been accused of being a Communist, a left-winger, a Muscovite, a Marxite, in advocating this sort of thing. I have been accused of all those things. Evidently, we have not been able to get the idea over to the American people.
Related terms
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