Marxianadj.1n.1
/ˈmɑːksɪən/, U.S. /ˈmɑrksiən/ A. adj.1
Of or belonging to the political and economic theories of Karl Marx; influenced by Marx's theories and methods.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [adjective] > relating to Marxism
Marxian1887
scientific socialist1887
Marxist1890
Marxite1895
non-Marxist1930
1887 G. B. Shaw Let. 17 May (1965) I. 169 Your notion that he is getting the best is a Marxian illusion.
1896 B. Russell German Social Democracy 71 The ‘honourable’ Social Democrats, as they called themselves, the party of thorough-going Marxian Communism.
1920 M. Beer Hist. Brit. Socialism II. iii. i. 21 He [sc. Harney] stood much nearer to O'Brien and Louis Blanc than to the Marxian policy.
1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. ii. v. 281 The marxian dictum that man is a product of his environment.
1966 E. A. Carlson Gene ix. 95 ‘Morganism’, to this rival school, represented ‘reactionary’ and ‘idealistic’ tendencies which ran counter to the ‘materialist’ attitudes expressed by Marxian and Leninist (later Stalinist) outlooks on science.
1997 Scotsman 1 Nov. 19/7 If this sounds a little Marxian, then that is not surprising. Ever since 1989, the scourge of capitalism has been deeply unfashionable.
B. n.1
= Marxist n.1
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [noun] > Marxism > adherent of
scientific socialist1852
Marxist1873
Marxian1896
Marxite1902
1896 B. Russell German Social Democracy 89 Although this programme showed, on the whole, a victory of the Marxians, Marx protested against it.
1918 E. B. Bax Reminisc. 138 The question of Internationalism was indeed one of the great bones of contention between them and the Marxians.
1923 E. A. Ross Russ. Soviet Republic 394 Even though it fell in partly with the program of the extreme Marxians, the expropriation of the landlords and capitalists was not really a thing planned.
1944 L. Mumford Condition of Man ix. 338 Marxians, by their anti-religious bias, could have no belief in either the religious or the sociological concept of incarnation.
1988 World Politics 40 147 Modernization theorists and Marxians both analyze revolutionary transformations primarily in relation to long-term socioeconomic change.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Marxianadj.2n.2
/ˈmɑːksɪən/, U.S. /ˈmɑrksiən/ A. adj.2
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Marx Brothers or their films.Also with first name prefixed, to indicate one of the brothers in particular.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > actors or characters > [adjective] > specific actor(s) or character(s)
Chaplinesque1921
Keatonesque1921
Marxian1936
Marxist1965
Pythonesque1972
superfly1972
1936 Times 2 Mar. 12/2 The intervals are..in the best Marxian manner.
1940 G. Marx Let. in G. Marx et al. Groucho Lett. (1967) 47 Don't come out bluntly and say, ‘How much dough have you got?’ That wouldn't be the Marxian way.
1951 K. Crichton Marx Brothers xv. 196 They opened on Thursday night and closed on Saturday. The post-mortem was short and typically Marxian. They had gambled, they had lost, and there would be no lamentations.
1991 N. Baker U & I ix. 165 Did it also lower him ever so slightly, in the old Groucho Marxian manner, in my estimation.
B. n.2
= Marxist n.2 rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > going to film shows > [noun] > film-goer or lover > of specific actor(s)
Marxist1946
Marxian1962
1962 Oxf. Mail 21 July 6/2 There are only one or two Marx Brothers comedies left in circulation now, so I recommend this..to Marxians.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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