Trotskyite
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[edit]Trotskyite (plural Trotskyites)
- (derogatory) An advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky (born Лев Дави́дович Бронште́йн (Lev Davídovič Bronštéjn) / Lev Davidovich Bronstein).
- 1939, H. G. Wells, The Fate of Man[1], Section 21:
- A great number of disillusioned young men in the Western world are saying now that it is Stalin who is to blame and proclaiming themselves Trotskyites.
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[edit]advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky
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Adjective
[edit]Trotskyite
- (derogatory) Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating the doctrines of Leon Trotsky.
- 1988, Edmund White, chapter 1, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:
- […] [her] father had fought in the Lincoln Brigade but now provided janitorial supplies to factories by day and attended Trotskyite meetings by night […]
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[edit]pertaining to Trotskyism
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