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Trotskyist
" I had a national and international reputation. I had written the history and articles. So I brought to the Trotskyist movement some international reputation."
C. L. R. James

Meaning of "Trotskyist" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF TROTSKYIST

ˈtrɒtskɪɪst


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TROTSKYIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Trotskyist is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TROTSKYIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Trotskyism

Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky identified as an orthodox Marxist and Bolshevik-Leninist, and supported founding a vanguard party of the working-class. His politics differed sharply from those of Stalinism, as he opposed the idea of Socialism in One Country. Trotsky still supported proletarian internationalism, and a dictatorship of the proletariat based on working-class self-emancipation and mass democracy. He did not believe in the unaccountable bureaucracy developed under Stalin after Lenin's death. Vladimir Lenin and Trotsky were close both ideologically and personally during the Russian Revolution and its aftermath, and some call Trotsky its "co-leader". However, Lenin criticized Trotsky's ideas and intra-Party political habits. Trotsky was the paramount leader of the Soviet Red Army in the direct aftermath of the Revolutionary period. Trotsky originally opposed some aspects of Leninism. Later, he concluded that unity between the Mensheviks and Bolsheviks was impossible, and joined the Bolsheviks. Trotsky played a leading role with Lenin in the revolution.

Definition of Trotskyist in the English dictionary

The definition of Trotskyist in the dictionary is relating to the theory of Communism developed by the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, in which he called for immediate worldwide revolution by the proletariat.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TROTSKYIST

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TROTSKYIST

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WORDS THAT END LIKE TROTSKYIST

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Synonyms and antonyms of Trotskyist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Trotskyist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TROTSKYIST

Find out the translation of Trotskyist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Trotskyist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Trotskyist» in English.
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托派
1,325 millions of speakers
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trotskista
570 millions of speakers
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English

Trotskyist
510 millions of speakers
hi

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Trotskyist
380 millions of speakers
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التروتسكية
280 millions of speakers
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троцкистская
278 millions of speakers
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trotskista
270 millions of speakers
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Trotskyist
260 millions of speakers
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trotskyste
220 millions of speakers
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Trotskyist
190 millions of speakers
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trotzkistischen
180 millions of speakers
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トロツキスト
130 millions of speakers
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트로츠키
85 millions of speakers
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Trotskyist
85 millions of speakers
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Trotskyist
80 millions of speakers
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ட்ரொட்ஸ்கிச
75 millions of speakers
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ट्रॉटस्कीव्हिस्ट
75 millions of speakers
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Troçkist
70 millions of speakers
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trotzkista
65 millions of speakers
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trockistowska
50 millions of speakers
uk

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троцькістська
40 millions of speakers
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troțkist
30 millions of speakers
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τροτσκιστική
15 millions of speakers
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Trotskiïstiese
14 millions of speakers
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trotskistisk
10 millions of speakers
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trotskist
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Trotskyist

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C. L. R. James
I had a national and international reputation. I had written the history and articles. So I brought to the Trotskyist movement some international reputation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TROTSKYIST»

Discover the use of Trotskyist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Trotskyist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dynamics of the Cuban revolution: the Trotskyist view
How did the Cuban Revolution occur? Why does it represent an "unbearable challenge" to U.S. imperialism? What political obstacles has it overcome? Written as the revolution advanced from its earliest days.Glossary, index.
Joseph Hansen, 1978
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International Trotskyism, 1929-1985: A Documented Analysis ...
Final Observations on Iranian Trotskyism None of the three Iranian Trotskyist organizations was able to survive for long. As the theocratic Khomeini regime tightened its hold on Iran, it cracked down on all left- wing opposition, including the ...
Robert Jackson Alexander, 1991
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History of the Left in South Africa: Writings of Baruch Hirson
There was a time when South African adherents of the Left Opposition ( Trotskyists) were acknowledged as having made a substantial impact on the country's politics, and as having provided (for good or bad) leading cadres to the Trotskyist ...
Baruch Hirson, 2005
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Stalinism as a Way of Life: A Narrative in Documents
That has compelled me to write you and to cite an example of protection of a Menshevik and a Trotskyist on the part of party member Comrade Aleksandr Davidovich Bruskin, appointed deputy people's commissar of heavy industry from 8 July ...
Lewis H. Siegelbaum, A. K. Sokolov, 2004
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Chen Duxiu's Last Articles and Letters: 1937 - 1942
Some people say that he was influenced only intellectually by Trotsky, and that he didn't join the Trotskyist organisation. Some people say that he joined the Trotskyist organisation but broke with it after the Guomindang arrested him.
Duxiu Chen, Gregor Benton, 1998
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Stalinist Confessions: Messianism and Terror at the ...
names, a change in one appellation—in this case Dmitriev's transformation from a “comrade” into a “Trotskyist”—necessitated a change in all others. The cluster of names surrounding that of a freshly exposed enemy had to be reexamined with ...
Igal Halfin, 2009
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Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: ...
512 Revolutionary Workers' Party (RWP) (Trotskyist) Dates: c. 1963-present Journals: European Marxist Review; Red Flag The RWP is the British section of the Fourth International (Posadist), a split from the main body of Trotskyism led by the ...
Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley, 2000
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The Heritage We Defend: A Contribution to the History of the ...
Picked up by a passerby and taken to a hospital, Widelin was able to get a message to the Trotskyist underground, which made arrangements to rescue him . Before he could be saved, Widelin was betrayed by a member of the hospital staff.
David North, 1988
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The October Revolution in Prospect and Retrospect: ...
Having chronicled the growth of working-class resistance to Stalin's policies in the period leading up to forced industrialisation and forced collectivisation, Cliff then automatically equates this with an increase in Trotskyist influence in the same ...
John Eric Marot, 2012
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Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea
40. Memoirs. of. a. Trotskyist. Not long ago, I passed through the Loeb Student Center, at New York University's Washington Square campus. It is a modern and luxurious building — to my eyes, definitely "posh" — with comfortable sofas and ...
Irving Kristol, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TROTSKYIST»

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Jeremy Corbyn receives backing of Trotskyist group that split Labour …
Jeremy Corbyn, the hard-line left Labour leadership candidate, has received the backing of the hard left Trotskyist splinter group that ripped the party apart in the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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A group with deep Democratic roots endorses Sawant, a Trotskyist
... Seattle Democrats have become fellow travelers with the Sawant campaign. She is a prominent member of the Socialist Alternative, a Trotskyist political party. «seattlepi.com, Jul 15»
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Baird was a Trotskyist, reports Wikipedia
... Mr Baird was a “prominent member of the Socialist Alternative”, a hard left, anti-capitalist political party that identifies with Marxist and Trotskyist ideologies. «The New Daily, Mar 15»
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Sri Lankan Trotskyist PV Nandasena dies at age 71
P. V. Nandasena, a long-standing member of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), the Sri Lankan section of the International Committee of the Fourth International ... «World Socialist Web Site, Dec 14»
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An Anarchist Response to a Trotskyist Attack: Review of “An …
The leader of the International Marxist Tendency has written an attack on anarchism from his Trotskyist perspective. He makes some correct criticisms of some ... «Anarkismo.net, Jun 14»
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Peter Hitchens: The Turning of a Trotskyist
“I was a child at university,” he spits, the Trotskyism he espoused so thoroughly rejected since. According to Hitchens it took a serious motorbike accident and the ... «Nouse, Jun 13»
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DN Wickremaratne 1950—2012 Sri Lankan Trotskyist dies
D.N. Wickremaratne, a member of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), the Sri Lankan section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI), died ... «World Socialist Web Site, Oct 12»
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How Greek Trotskyism was born
Pandelis Pouliopoulos (1900-43) was the first general secretary of the Greek Communist Party (KKE) and a founder of the Trotskyist movement in Greece. «Workers' Liberty, Jun 12»
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The Observer uncritically regurgitates Trotskyist smears against …
Second, Boffey uncritically regurgitates one of the key bits of misinformation being disseminated by the Anti-Academies Alliance and its Trotskyist allies, namely, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 12»
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Trotskyist never gave up quest for socialist society
Lifelong member of the Labor Party and Trotskyist. Bookseller. Bibliophile. Historian. Union agitator. Anti-censorship battler. Bohemian. Irish Catholic. Polemicist. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 11»
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