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TROTSKYIST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution

Synonyms:

Trot; Trotskyist; Trotskyite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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