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Trotskyist, n. and a.|ˈtrɒtskɪɪst|
Also Trotskist, † Trotzkyist.
[f. Trotsky (see prec.) + -ist.]
A. n. A follower or supporter of Trotsky or Trotskyism.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Trotsky or Trotskyism.
1927Daily Tel. 22 Nov. 9/2 The adoption of the word ‘Russia’ by the Trotskyists. Ibid. 6 Dec. 11 The struggle between the Trotskists and the Stalinites. 1930W. 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. 1937Koestler Spanish Testament ix. 178 The P.O.U.M.—the Trotskyist Party—was even more unrestrained in its agitation. 1949[see diversionist]. 1959Daily Tel. 15 Apr. 17/5 The recently formed Trotskyist organisation known as the Socialist Labour League. 1973‘I. Drummond’ Jaws of Watchdog x. 136 Trotskyists, anarchists and the lunatic fringe of the Underground. 1980Washington Post 6 July c1/2 On the left there are well over 40 different organizations—Leninist, Stalinist, Trotskyist. |