Marxian

English

Etymology

From Marx +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Marxian (comparative more Marxian, superlative most Marxian)

1. Of, pertaining to, or influenced by the 19th-century philosopher Karl Marx and his political and economic theories; now often distinguished from Marxist by the nuance that one does not necessarily adhere to Marxism itself. [from 19th c.]
   • 2005, Bruce Philp, Reduction, Rationality and Game Theory in Marxian Economics, page 3:

     But to use game theory in a Marxian setting requires more that simply adopting the tools and methods of non-cooperative game theory, root and branch.

2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Marx Brothers or their films.

Derived terms

• Marxian unemployment

Translations

of or pertaining to Karl Marx and his ideas

Finnish: marxilainen (fi) French: marxien (fr) m, marxiste (fr) m or f German: marxsch, Marx'sch Hungarian: marxi (hu) Icelandic: marxískur m Italian: marxiano (it) m Portuguese: marxiano m Spanish: marxiano (es)

Noun

Marxian (plural Marxians)

1. A Marxist. [from 19th c.]
   • 1934, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night: A Romance, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC; republished as chapter V, in Malcolm Cowley, editor, Tender is the Night: A Romance [...] With the Author’s Final Revisions, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1951, →OCLC, book IV (Escape: 1925–1929), page 215:

     Hannan turned from the piano and said, winking at the others: "Mac thinks a Marxian is somebody who went to St Mark's school."