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TROTSKYIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
Synonyms:
Trot; Trotskyist; Trotskyite
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Trotskyist" is a kind of...):
radical (a person who has radical ideas or opinions)
Derivation:
Trotsky (Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940))
Trotskyism (the form of communism advocated by Leon Trotsky; calls for immediate worldwide revolution by the proletariat)
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