English
Etymology
From Trotsky + -ite.
Noun
Trotskyite (plural Trotskyites)
- (derogatory) An advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky (born Лев Дави́дович Бронште́йн (Lev Davídovič Bronštéjn) / 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.
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advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky
- Armenian: տրոցկիստ (hy) (trocʻkist)
- Belarusian: трацкі́ст m (trackíst), трацкі́стка f (trackístka)
- Catalan: trotskista m or f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 托洛斯基分子 (Tuōluòsījī fēnzǐ)
- Czech: trockista (cs) m, trockistka (cs) f
- Danish: trotskist c
- Dutch: trotskist (nl) m, trotskiste f
- French: trotskiste (fr) m or f
- Georgian: ტროცკისტი (ṭrocḳisṭi)
- German: Trotzkist (de) m, Trotzkistin (de) f
- Greek: τροτσκιστής (el) m (trotskistís), τροτσκίστρια (el) f (trotskístria)
- Hungarian: trockista (hu)
- Irish: Trotscaíteach m, Trotscaíoch m
- Japanese: トロツキスト (torotsukisuto)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: trotskist m
- Nynorsk: trotskist m
- Polish: trockista (pl) m, trockistka (pl) f
- Portuguese: trotskista m or f
- Russian: троцки́ст (ru) m (trockíst), троцки́стка (ru) f (trockístka)
- Slovak: trockista m, trockistka f
- 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
- Welsh: Trotscïad m
- Yiddish: טראָצקיסט m (trotskist)
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Adjective
Trotskyite
- (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 […]
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