Naxaliten.adj.
/ˈnaksəlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈnæksəˌlaɪt/ A. n.
In South Asia: a supporter or adherent of Maoist communism; spec. a member of an armed Maoist revolutionary movement.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [noun] > other types of communism > adherent of
neo-Communist1908
Sovietist1920
Titoist1946
Titoite1946
Chicom1966
Naxalite1969
Naxal1972
Eurocommunist1975
1969 Times 9 Jan. 9/1 ‘Naxalites’ are in the headlines and seem to be at work in West Bengal, Andhra, Kerala, and half a dozen other states.
1970 Guardian 2 July 4/6 Nepal..is the place where Naxalites and their Chinese mentors meet.
1980 Pacific Affairs 53 147 A historical opportunity presented itself to the Naxalites during the war of Pakistan against the liberation struggle in Bangladesh in 1971.
1997 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 91 232/1 In India..one finds numerous references to ‘terrorism’, as practiced principally by internal separatist movements but also by leftist revolutionary groups such as the Naxalites.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the Naxalite movement.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [adjective] > relating to other types of communism
neo-Communist1921
Red Chinese1925
Titoist1945
Titoite1946
Chicom1966
Naxalite1970
Eurocommunist1976
1970 Guardian 2 July 4/4 The first major sign of popular resistance to Naxalite violence.
1974 Daily Tel. 18 Mar. 1/6 Four people were killed, one of them a policeman, when Naxalite Communists ambushed a police patrol in a Calcutta suburb yesterday.
1991 Hindu (Madras) 6 Dec. 1/3 The killing of Hayagrivachari..shows that the naxalite movement is increasingly becoming belligerent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1969