Naxalite

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English

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Etymology

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Derived from Bengali নকশালবাড়ি (nokśalbaṛi, Naxalbari), the village where the movement originated in the late 1960s. See -ite.

Noun

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Naxalite (plural Naxalites)

  1. A member of any of several militant Maoist movements in India.
    • 2010, Sudeep Chakravarti, Red Sun:Travels In Naxalite Country, Penguin Books India, page 112:
      Nobody expects anything from a Naxalite, so everything they do is a bonus.
      The Naxalite problem has to be tackled by the state police forces and paramilitary forces.
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