Trotskyism
(ˈtrɒtskɪɪz(ə)m)
Also † Trotskysm, † Trotzkyism.
[f. Leon Trotsky, the assumed name of Lev Davidovich Bronstein (1879–1940), Russian revolutionary and politician + -ism.]
The political or economic principles of Trotsky; a form of Marxism urging world-wide revolution, as advocated by Trotsky.
| 1925 tr. Trotsky in Times 30 Jan. 11/4, I cannot..accept the accusation of trying to pursue my own line of policy (Trotskyism). 1925 ― in M. Eastman Since Lenin Died 155, I can nowise accept, however, the accusation that I have pursued a special line (Trotskysm) and tried to revise Leninism. 1930 W. H. Chamberlin Soviet Russia iv. 76 There would seem to be little political future in Russia for Trotzkyism. 1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags 48 She believed in a People's Total War; an uncompromising girl whom none of them liked; a suspect of Trotskyism. 1963 [see capitulationism]. 1977 Belfast Tel. 24 Jan. 9/8 Trotskyism is installed as official doctrine and the pro-Soviet sympathies of some of our trade union leaders go unrebuked. |