Naxalite
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English
Etymology
Derived from Bengali নকশালবাড়ি (nokśalbaṛi, “Naxalbari”), the village where the movement originated in the late 1960s. See -ite.
Noun
Naxalite (plural Naxalites)
- 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.
Related terms
Translations
member of communist movements in India
References
- “Naxalite”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Naxalite”, in Collins English Dictionary.