Marxian
English
Etymology
Adjective
Marxian (comparative more Marxian, superlative most Marxian)
- Of or pertaining to the 19th century philosopher Karl Marx and his ideas. [from 19th c.]
- 2005, Bruce Philp, Reduction, Rationality and Game Theory in Marxian Economics, page 3:
- But to use game theory in a Marxian setting requires more that simply adopting the tools and methods of non-cooperative game theory, root and branch.
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Translations
of or pertaining to Karl Marx and his ideas
Noun
Marxian (plural Marxians)
- A Marxist. [from 19th c.]
- 1934, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night: A Romance, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC; republished as chapter V, in Malcolm Cowley, editor, Tender is the Night: A Romance [...] With the Author’s Final Revisions, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1951, →OCLC, book IV (Escape: 1925–1929), page 215:
- Hannan turned from the piano and said, winking at the others: "Mac thinks a Marxian is somebody who went to St Mark's school."