: the political, economic, and social principles and policies advocated by Marx
especially : a theory and practice of socialism (see socialism sense 3) including the labor theory of value, dialectical materialism, the class struggle, and dictatorship of the proletariat until the establishment of a classless society

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Discriminatory Equity Ideology is a form of Woke cultural Marxism that has no place in our military. Ryan Morik, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025 And Marxism, communism and socialism were all, to those on the right, part of that same soup. Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025

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1883, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Marxism was in 1883

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“Marxism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Marxism. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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