Maoism
noun/ˈmaʊɪzəm/
Etymology From Mao (surname of Mao Zedong) + -ism.
1
Usually The philosophy espoused by Chinese leader Mao Zedong, a form of Marxism-Leninism that focuses on the peasantry as the revolutionary vanguard.
- Some of the farmers were arrested in Wuhan parks where they allegedly spoke against Maoism and the Communist dictatorship, the report said.1973 March 4, “Starving farmers given jail terms”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIV, number 8, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
- Derived terms
- Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
- Related terms
- Maoist, Mao Zedong Thought