Trotskyite

English

Etymology

Trotsky +‎ -ite

Noun

Trotskyite (plural Trotskyites)

1. (derogatory) An advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky (born Lev Davidovich Bronstein).
   • 1939, H. G. Wells, The Fate of Man‎^[1], 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.

Synonyms

• Trot

Translations

an advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky

• Armenian: տրոցկիստ (hy) (trocʿkist)
• Catalan: trotskista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 托洛斯基分子 (Tuōluòsījī fēnzǐ)

• Czech: trockista (cs) m
• Danish: trotskist c
• Dutch: trotskist (nl) m
• French: trotskiste (fr) m or f
• Georgian: ტროცკისტი (ṭrocḳisṭi)
• German: Trotzkist (de) m, Trotzkistin (de) f
• Hungarian: trockista (hu)
• Japanese: トロツキスト (torotsukisuto)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: trockista (pl) m, trockistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: trotskista m or f
• Russian: троцки́ст (ru) m (trockíst), троцки́стка (ru) f (trockístka)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: trotskista (es) m or f
• Ukrainian: троцькі́ст m (trocʹkíst), троцькі́стка f (trocʹkístka)
• Vietnamese: người theo chủ nghĩa Trốt-xki
• Yiddish: טראָצקיסט m (trotskist)

Adjective

Trotskyite

1. (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 […]

Synonyms

• Trot
• Trotskyist

Translations

pertaining to Trotskyism

• Czech: trockistický
• Danish: trotskistisk
• Dutch: trotskistisch (nl)
• Hungarian: trockista (hu)

Related terms

• Trotskyism