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English
Etymology
From Marx + -ian.
Adjective
Marxian (comparative more Marxian, superlative most Marxian)
- Of, pertaining to, or influenced by the 19th-century philosopher Karl Marx and his political and economic theories; now often distinguished from Marxist by the nuance that one does not necessarily adhere to Marxism itself.
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.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Marx Brothers or their films.
Derived terms
Translations
of or pertaining to Karl Marx and his ideas
Noun
Marxian (plural Marxians)
- A Marxist.
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."