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Guevarist, a. and n.2|gɪˈvɑːrɪst|
[f. the name of Ernesto (‘Che’) Guevara (1928–67), Latin American revolutionary + -ist.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Guevara or his political practices and beliefs, esp. his advocacy of guerrilla warfare as a means to revolution and social change.
B. n. A follower of Guevara; an adherent of his practices and beliefs.
1967Observer 10 Dec. 5/7 The Castrist and Guevarist doctrine of ‘Vietnams everywhere’ was discussed. 1968N.Y. Times 15 May 46/3 Here in Germany student radicals have been variously described as Trotskyists, anarchists, Maoists, Guevarists, pacifists and Utopians. 1971Guardian 1 Jan. 10/3 The menace of a rising of ‘Guevarist’ strife in a province which belongs to Spain. 1982Washington Q. Spring 172/2 The defeat in the 1960s of the Guevarist guerrillas. 1988Financial Times 2 Dec. i. 6/7 The JVP, a one-time guevarist youth party.
Hence Gueˈvarism n.2, the political principles or actions of Guevara and his followers; also, a political system or movement based upon Guevarist ideology.
1968Economist 2 Nov. 59/3 Castro rushed out a first edition of a quarter million copies to defend Guevarism and honour his fallen comrade's name. 1985Time 16 Sept. 130/2 He [sc. Castro] put Cuba through a mystical period called Mao-Guevarism, founded on the utopian theory that economic progress could be achieved by uplifting human nature. |