Trotskyite meaning (derogatory): definition

Trotskyite

noun

Etymology From Trotsky + -ite.

Derogatory An advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky (born Лев Дави́дович Бронште́йн (Lev Davídovič Bronštéjn) / Lev Davidovich Bronstein).

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.1939, H. G. Wells, The Fate of Man, Section 21:

Synonyms: Trot, trot, Trotskyist

Trotskyite

adj

Etymology From Trotsky + -ite.

Derogatory Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating the doctrines of Leon Trotsky.

[…] [her] father had fought in the Lincoln Brigade but now provided janitorial supplies to factories by day and attended Trotskyite meetings by night […]1988, Edmund White, chapter 1, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:

Synonyms: Trotskyist, Trotskyistic
Related terms: Trotskyism

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