Maoism

English

Etymology

From Mao (surname of Mao Zedong) +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʊɪzəm/

Noun

Maoism (usually uncountable, plural Maoisms)

1. The philosophy espoused by Chinese leader Mao Zedong, a form of Marxism-Leninism that focuses on the peasantry as the revolutionary vanguard.
   • 1973 March 4, “Starving farmers given jail terms”, in Free China Weekly‎^[1], volume XIV, number 8, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

     Some of the farmers were arrested in Wuhan parks where they allegedly spoke against Maoism and the Communist dictatorship, the report said.

Derived terms

• Marxism-Leninism-Maoism

Related terms

• Maoist, Mao Zedong Thought

Translations

philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong

• Arabic: مَاوِيَّة (ar) f (māwiyya)
• Armenian: մաոիզմ (hy) (maoizm)
• Belarusian: мааі́зм m (maaízm)
• Breton: maoouriezh
• Bulgarian: маои́зъм m (maoízǎm)
• Catalan: maoisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛主義／毛主义 (zh) (Máo zhǔyì), 毛澤東主義／毛泽东主义 (zh) (Máo Zédōng zhǔyì), (PRC) 毛澤東思想／毛泽东思想 (zh) (Máo Zédōng sīxiǎng)

• Czech: maoismus (cs) m
• Danish: maoisme
• Dutch: maoïsme (nl)
• Esperanto: maoismo
• Faroese: maoisma f
• Finnish: maolaisuus (fi)
• French: maoïsme (fr) m
• Galician: maoísmo (gl) m
• German: Maoismus m
• Greek: μαοϊσμός (el) m (maoïsmós)
• Hebrew: מאואיזם m (maoizm)
• Hindi: माओवाद m (māovād)
• Hungarian: maoizmus (hu)
• Icelandic: maóismi
• Indonesian: Maoisme (id)
• Italian: maoismo (it) m
• Japanese: 毛沢東思想 (もうたくとうしそう, Mō Takutō shisō), 毛主義 (もうしゅぎ, Mō-shugi), 毛沢東主義 (もうたくとうしゅぎ, Mō Takutō shugi)
• Khmer: លទ្ធិម៉ៅនិយម (lôtthĭmaunĭymô)
• Korean: 마오쩌둥주의 (maojjeodungjuui), 마오쩌둥 사상 (maojjeodung sasang)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: maoizmas
• Macedonian: маои́зам m (maoízam)
• Malay: maoisme
• Manchu: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: माओवाद m (māovād)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: maoisme
• Persian: مائوئیسم (mâ'u'ism), مائوگرایی (mâ'u-garâyi)
• Polish: maoizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: maoísmo (pt) m
• Romanian: maoism (ro)
• Russian: маои́зм (ru) m (maoízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: маоизам m

  Roman: maoizam (sh) m

• Sicilian: maoismu m
• Slovak: maoizmus m
• Slovene: maoizem m
• Spanish: maoísmo (es) m
• Swedish: maoism (sv)
• Thai: ลัทธิเหมาเจ๋อตง (lát-tí măo jĕr dtong), ลัทธิเหมา
• Tibetan: མའོ་ཙེ་ཏུང་དགོངས་པ (ma'o tse tung dgongs pa)
• Turkish: Maoculuk (tr)
• Ukrainian: маої́зм m (maojízm)
• Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa Mao, chủ nghĩa Mao Trạch Đông
• Welsh: maoaeth
• Zhuang: Mauz Cwzdungh swhsiengj

See also

• Category:en:Maoism

Anagrams

• Mimosa, mimosa