Marxism

/ˈmɑɹksɪzəm/

Synonyms for "marxism" (64 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (13)

anarchismanimalismatomismbehaviorismbolshevismcastroismcollective ownershipcollectivismcommonsense realismcommunismcommunist information bureaucommunist party
Noun(1 words)
communist theory

Strong matches (19)

democratic centralismdialectical materialismearthlinessempiricismepiphenomenalismfabian socialismfabianismguild socialismhistorical materialismhylomorphismhylotheismhylozoismiron curtainmaoismmarxian socialismmarxism-leninism
Noun(3 words)
kommunizmamarxian theorymarxist scholarship

Related words (32)

Noun(3 words)
marxist sociologymarxist studiesmarxist theory

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: anarchism, animalism, atomism, behaviorism, bolshevism.
  • Sentence evidence is available for marxism, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
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Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

6 entries
academic disciplinecommunismeconomic theorypolitical ideologysocial sciencesocial theory

More specific

8 entries
Marxist anthropologyMarxist economicsMarxist sociologyclass analysishistorical materialismhistorical materialism studiespolitical economyscientific socialism

Collocations

6 entries
class struggledialectical materialismhistorical materialismlabor theory of valuemeans of productionsurplus value

Inflections

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Derivations

2 entries

Translations

82 translations across 75 languages.

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Albanian

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  • marksizëm noun (philosophy)

Arabic

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  • مَارْكْسِيَّة noun (philosophy)

Armenian

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  • մարքսիզմ noun (philosophy)

Azerbaijani

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  • marksizm noun (philosophy)

Basque

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  • marxismo noun (philosophy)

Belarusian

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  • марксі́зм noun (philosophy)

Bengali

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  • মার্কসবাদ noun (philosophy)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • маркси́зъм noun (philosophy)

Burmese

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  • မာ့က်စ်ဝါဒ noun (philosophy)

Catalan

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  • marxisme noun (philosophy)

Central Kurdish

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  • مارکسیزم noun (philosophy)

Chichewa

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  • Chimarx noun (philosophy)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 馬克思主義 /马克思主义 noun (philosophy)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 馬克思主義 /马克思主义 noun (philosophy)

Czech

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  • marxismus noun (philosophy)

Danish

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Dutch

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  • marxisme noun (philosophy)

Esperanto

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  • marksismo noun (philosophy)

Estonian

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  • marksism noun (philosophy)

Finnish

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  • marxilaisuus noun (philosophy)
  • marxismi noun (philosophy)

French

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  • marxisme noun (philosophy)

Gagauz

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  • marksizm noun (philosophy)

Galician

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  • marxismo noun (philosophy)

Georgian

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  • მარქსიზმი noun (philosophy)

German

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  • Marxismus noun (philosophy)

Greek

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  • μαρξισμός noun (philosophy)

Gujarati

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  • માર્ક્સવાદ noun (philosophy)

Hebrew

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  • מַרְקְסִיזְם noun (philosophy)

Hindi

1 entries
  • मार्क्सवाद noun (philosophy)

Hungarian

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  • marxizmus noun (philosophy)

Icelandic

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  • marxismi noun (philosophy)

Ido

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  • marxismo noun (philosophy)

Irish

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  • Marxachas noun (philosophy)

Italian

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  • marxismo noun (philosophy)

Japanese

2 entries
  • マルキシズム noun (philosophy)
  • マルクス主義 noun (philosophy)

Kazakh

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  • марксизм noun (philosophy)

Khmer

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  • ម៉ាក្សនិយម noun (philosophy)

Korean

3 entries
  • 마르크스주의 noun (philosophy)
  • 마르크시즘 noun (philosophy)
  • 맑스주의 noun (philosophy)

Kyrgyz

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  • марксизм noun (philosophy)

Lao

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  • ລັດທິມາກ noun (philosophy)

Latvian

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  • marksisms noun (philosophy)

Lithuanian

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  • marksizmas noun (philosophy)

Macedonian

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  • маркси́зам noun (philosophy)

Malay

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  • Marxisme noun (philosophy)
  • faham sosialis Marx noun (philosophy)

Marathi

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  • मार्क्सवाद noun (philosophy)

Mongolian

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  • марксизм noun (philosophy)
  • ᠮᠠᠷᠻᠰᠢᠰᠮ noun (philosophy)

Northern Kurdish

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  • marksîzm noun (philosophy)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • marxisme noun (philosophy)

Pashto

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  • مارکسيزم noun (philosophy)

Persian

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  • مارکسیسم noun (philosophy)

Polish

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  • marksizm noun (philosophy)

Portuguese

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Romanian

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Russian

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  • маркси́зм noun (philosophy)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • marksìzam noun (philosophy)
  • марксѝзам noun (philosophy)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • මාක්ස්වාදය noun (philosophy)

Slovak

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  • marxizmus noun (philosophy)

Slovene

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  • marksizem noun (philosophy)

Spanish

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  • marxismo noun (philosophy)

Swahili

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  • Umaksi noun (philosophy)

Swedish

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  • marxism noun (philosophy)

Tagalog

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  • marxismo noun (philosophy)

Tajik

1 entries
  • марксизм noun (philosophy)

Tatar

1 entries
  • марксизм noun (philosophy)

Thai

1 entries
  • ลัทธิมาร์กซ noun (philosophy)

Turkish

1 entries
  • Marksizm noun (philosophy)

Turkmen

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  • marksizm noun (philosophy)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • маркси́зм noun (philosophy)

Urdu

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  • مارْکسِزْم noun (philosophy)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ماركسىزم noun (philosophy)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • marksizm noun (philosophy)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • chủ nghĩa Mác noun (philosophy)

Welsh

1 entries
  • Marcsiaeth noun (philosophy)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • marksisme noun (philosophy)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מאַרקסיזם noun (philosophy)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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They believe in Marxism and don't believe in religion.

Source: tatoeba (800301)

"Cultural Marxism" was a critique of popular culture by the Frankfurt School of critical theory, a discipline which used knowledge from the social sciences to revise Marxist theory. In modern usage among right-wingers, "Cultural Marxism" has become a substitute term for the Nazi-era conspiracy theory "Cultural Bolshevism."

Source: tatoeba (6945212)

"Cultural Marxism" is an antisemitic dog whistle.

Source: tatoeba (8867394)

Alienation is the only thing I understand about Marxism.

Source: tatoeba (9510580)

Showing 4 of 10 available sentences.

Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "marxism"?

Closest matches include anarchism, animalism, atomism, behaviorism, bolshevism.

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