Marxite

English

Etymology

From Marx +‎ -ite.

Adjective

Marxite (not comparable) (rare, dated)

Synonym of Marxist.
- 1903 August 13, James Neilson Woods, “The Poor Men’s Trust”, in William Marion Reedy, editor, The Mirror, volume 13, number 27, Saint Louis, Mo., →OCLC, page 5:
  At recent Marxite conventions, evidence of the growing power of the more conservatively rational element attracted general attention, and was hailed with the utmost of gratification by all political parties opposed to violent, revolutionary changes in the status quo.
- 1908, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Revolutionary Socialism” (chapter XI), in New Worlds for Old, New York: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 233:
  Herr Bebel’s book, Woman, is an ample statement of the evils of woman’s lot under the existing régime, but the few pages upon the future of woman with which he concludes are eloquent of the jejune insufficiency of the Marxite outlook in this direction.
- 1928, Janet Trevelyan [Printed as "Mrs. G. M. Trevelyan"], “Modern Italy” (chapter X), in A history of Italy, London: Ernest Benn Limited, →OCLC, page 74:
  High taxation of necessities ground down the labourer; high protection made his bread dear, and when he adopted in self-defence the Marxite doctrines of class-war the only reply of the Government was to strike at him in blind terror.

Noun

Marxite (plural Marxites)

Synonym of Marxist.
- 1914, A[arthur] Clutton-Brock, “Morris as a Socialist” (chapter VIII), in William Morris: His Work and Influence, London: Williams and Norgate, →OCLC, page 153; republished New York: H[enry] Holt and company, 1914:
  Mr. Hyndman, the leader of one party in the Federation, was, and still is, a Marxite, and to him the whole body of Marx’s doctrine is the Socialist orthodoxy.
- 1930, Bernard Shaw, “Karl Marx and “Das Kapital” [First Notice]” (chapter V), in Bernard Shaw & Karl Marx, A Symposium, 1884-1889, New York, Printed for Random House by R. W. Ellis: The Georgian Press, →OCLC, page 116:
  But it must immediately be added, as a considerable set-off, that the average Marxite never understands rent, and confuses employers with capitalists and profits with interest in a way which the modest disciples of General Walker despise.
- 1953, Committee on Banking and Currency, quoting The Chairman (Homer E. Capehart), “Monday, March 23, 1953”, in Standby Economic Controls: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, 83d Congress, 1st Session, on S. 753, a Bill to Provide Standby Economic Controls, and S. 1081, a Bill to Provide Authority for Temporary Economic Controls, volume 2, Washington: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 721:
  I have been accused of being a Communist, a left-winger, a Muscovite, a Marxite, in advocating this sort of thing. I have been accused of all those things. Evidently, we have not been able to get the idea over to the American people.

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