Naxalite
See also: naxalite
English
editEtymology
editDerived from Bengali নকশালবাড়ি (nokśalbaṛi, “Naxalbari”), the village where the movement originated in the late 1960s. See -ite.
Noun
editNaxalite (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
editTranslations
editmember of communist movements in India
References
edit- “Naxalite”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Naxalite”, in Collins English Dictionary.