Guesdist
(ˈgeɪdɪst)
[f. name of Jules Guesde (1845–1922), French political leader + -ist.]
A follower of the principles of revolutionary Marxism advocated by Guesde. So ˈGuesdism, the policy or principles of the Guesdists.
| 1886 ‘Alb’ Living Paris & France 337 The Marxists or Guesdists form the next considerable revolutionary party. 1901 Daily Chron. 25 May 5/4 The only true Socialists, the Guesdists. 1927 H. W. Laidler Hist. Socialist Thought xxii. 357 Guesdist's Revolutionary Program... The party of Guesde emphasized its revolutionary and Marxian character. 1940 D. W. Brogan Devel. Mod. France vi. iii. 295 Blanquism, Broussism, Anarchism..all divided with Guesdism the allegiance of the French workers. Ibid., Electorally, the Possibilists naturally did better than the less practical Guesdists. 1966 Collins & Mitchell tr. Braunthal's Hist. of International xvi. 197 The Guesdists, at loggerheads with the Possibilists from the beginning, boycotted the congresses called by their rivals. |