Trotskyistn.adj.
/ˈtrɒtskɪɪst/, U.S. /ˈtrɑtskiᵻst/ A. n.
A follower or supporter of Trotsky or Trotskyism.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [noun] > Marxism > Trotskyism > adherent of
Trotskyite1919
Trotskyist1927
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1927 Daily Tel. 22 Nov. 9/2 The adoption of the word ‘Russia’ by the Trotskyists.
1927 Daily Tel. 6 Dec. 11 The struggle between the Trotskists and the Stalinites.
1928 Daily Express 26 Nov. 11/4 Stalin..defended the Political Bureau's three fundamental decisions... That the party must fight both the Radical Trotskyists and the Conservative dissenters within the party's ranks.
1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches i. ii. 24 For some years past numerous politicians and others had met with this fate, variously branded as ‘Trotskists’, ‘wreckers’, ‘Fascist spies’, ‘diversionists’ and so on.
1973 ‘I. Drummond’ Jaws of Watchdog x. 136 Trotskyists, anarchists and the lunatic fringe of the Underground.
B. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Trotsky or Trotskyism.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [adjective] > relating to Marxism > relating to Trotskyism
Trotskyite1919
Trotskyist1930
Trot1962
1930 W. H. Chamberlin Soviet Russia iv. 74 The Party Congress..laid down the rule that adherence to the views of the Trotzkyist opposition was inconsistent with membership in the Communist Party.
1937 A. Koestler Spanish Test. ix. 178 The P.O.U.M.—the Trotskyist Party—was even more unrestrained in its agitation.
1959 Daily Tel. 15 Apr. 17/5 The recently formed Trotskyist organisation known as the Socialist Labour League.
1980 Washington Post 6 July c1/2 On the left there are well over 40 different organizations—Leninist, Stalinist, Trotskyist.
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