Trotskyite

English

Etymology

Trotsky +‎ -ite

Noun

Trotskyite (plural Trotskyites)

1. An advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky (born Lev Davidovich Bronstein).
   • 1939, H. G. Wells, The Fate of Man, Section 21,^[1]

     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.

Translations

an advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky

• Armenian: տրոցկիստ (hy) (trocʻkist)
• Catalan: trotskista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 托洛斯基分子 (Tuōluòsījī fēnzǐ)

• Czech: trockista m
• Danish: trotskist c
• Dutch: trotskist m
• French: trotskiste (fr) m or f
• Georgian: ტროცკისტი (ṭrocḳisṭi)
• German: Trotzkist (de) m, Trotzkistin (de) f
• Hungarian: trockista
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• Japanese: トロツキスト (torotsukisuto)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: trockista (pl) m, trockistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: trotskista m or f
• Russian: троцки́ст (ru) m (trockíst), троцки́стка (ru) f (trockístka)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: trotskista m or f
• Ukrainian: троцькі́ст m (trocʹkíst), троцькі́стка f (trocʹkístka)
• Vietnamese: người theo chủ nghĩa Trốt-xki
• Yiddish: טראָצקיסט m (trotskist)

Adjective

Trotskyite

1. Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating the doctrines of Leon Trotsky.
   • 1988, Edmund White, The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, 1994, Chapter One,

     […] [her] father had fought in the Lincoln Brigade but now provided janitorial supplies to factories by day and attended Trotskyite meetings by night […]

Translations

pertaining to Trotskyism

• Czech: trockistický
• Danish: trotskistisk
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• Dutch: trotskistisch (nl)

Synonyms

• Trotskyist

Related terms

• Trotskyism