n.
Pronunciation: ' märk- ˌ si-z ə m
Function: noun
Date: 1887
: the political, economic, and social principles and policies advocated by Marx especially : a theory and practice of socialism including the labor theory of value, dialectical materialism, the class struggle, and dictatorship of the proletariat until the establishment of a classless society
– Marx · ist \ -sist \ noun or adjective