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Marxism

 
 
/ˈmɑːksɪzəm/ noun [U]

Definition

POLITICS, ECONOMICS a social, political, and economic theory based on the ideas of Karl Marx, who imagined a society where the methods of production would be owned and controlled by all its members
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