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English
Etymology
From Trotsky + -ite.
Noun
Trotskyite (plural Trotskyites)
- (derogatory) An advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky (born Лев Дави́дович Бронште́йн (Lev Davídovič Bronštéjn) / Lev Davidovich Bronstein).
1939, H. G. Wells, The Fate of Man, Section 21: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.
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advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky
Adjective
Trotskyite
- (derogatory) Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating the doctrines of Leon Trotsky.
1988, Edmund White, chapter 1, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:[…] [her] father had fought in the Lincoln Brigade but now provided janitorial supplies to factories by day and attended Trotskyite meetings by night […]
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