∙ The socialist philosophy and political program developed by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.
∙ Any social or political philosophy or ideology derived from the thought of Karl Marx.
Marxism
Noun
∙ The socialist philosophy and political program founded by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; scientific socialism.
∙ The socialist ideology of the followers of Karl Marx; a radical, revolutionary political philosophy that aims to capture state power, introduce a dictatorship of the proletariat, and then progress to communism.