Guesdistn.
/ˈɡeɪdɪst/ A follower of the principles of revolutionary Marxism advocated by Guesde.
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1886 ‘Alb’ Living Paris & France 337 The Marxists or Guesdists form the next considerable revolutionary party.
1901 Daily Chron. 25 May 5/4 The only true Socialists, the Guesdists.
1927 H. W. Laidler Hist. Socialist Thought xxii. 357 Guesdist's Revolutionary Program... The party of Guesde emphasized its revolutionary and Marxian character.
1940 D. W. Brogan Devel. Mod. France vi. iii. 295 Electorally, the Possibilists naturally did better than the less practical Guesdists.
1966 H. Collins & K. Mitchell tr. J. Braunthal Hist. Internat. xvi. 197 The Guesdists, at loggerheads with the Possibilists from the beginning, boycotted the congresses called by their rivals.
Derivatives
ˈGuesdism n. the policy or principles of the Guesdists.
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1940 D. W. Brogan Devel. Mod. France vi. iii. 295 Blanquism, Broussism, Anarchism..all divided with Guesdism the allegiance of the French workers.
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