#marxism
- Althusser — A surname of French origin; references especially Louis Althusser, a famous 20th-century structuralist Marxist philosopher, recognized for his renowned theory on ideological state apparatuses and for reframing the critical analysis of Karl Marx's work.
- Anti-bourgeois — Hostile to the bourgeoisie, its values, mentalities, or social order; a political, social, or ideological attitude specific to leftist doctrines (Marxism, communism) or certain avant-garde artistic movements that reject the conventionalism, materialism, and conformist spirit of the middle class. As a noun, it defines a person or militant fighting against the bourgeois social order.
- Anti-capitalist — Opposing capitalism, the free market economy, private ownership of the means of production, or the effects of corporate globalization; an ideological attitude specific to leftist, green, or anarchist doctrines. As a noun, it defines a person or political militant who critiques the capitalist system and advocates for alternative economic models based on redistribution and collective ownership.
- Anti-fetishism — An attitude, current of opinion, or theoretical stance grounded in the rejection, critique, or combating of fetishism; applied in clinical psychology as opposition to exclusive sexual fixation on inanimate objects, and in Marxist sociology or anthropology as the deconstruction of commodity fetishism or object worship.
- Anti-Marxism — A political doctrine, ideological movement, or theoretical attitude directed against Marxism, its economic, social, and historical principles (such as class struggle or dialectical materialism); a radical rejection of or criticism toward scientific socialism and communism. In a structural sense, it promotes private property, individualism, free-market capitalism, or democratic and conservative values in opposition to state collectivism.
- Anti-revisionism — A doctrine, attitude, or political movement that opposes revisionism; a firm stance on maintaining existing borders or established ideological dogmas. In the context of international relations, it represents opposition to altering peace treaties and state borders, whereas in the history of communist movements (especially during the Sino-Soviet split), it denotes defending Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy against reforms deemed deviant.
- Anti-revisionist — Opposed to revisionism; a person or movement supporting the maintenance of current territorial borders or the preservation of established ideological dogmas. In the context of international relations, it describes opponents of modifying state borders fixed by treaties, whereas in the history of left-wing political currents, it denotes the defender of Marxist-Leninist doctrinal orthodoxy against reforms deemed deviant.
- Austro-Marxism — A theoretical and political current within Marxism during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, developed in Austria by a group of socialist intellectuals including Otto Bauer, Max Adler, and Karl Renner. It sought to reconcile classical Marxism with the specific nature of the multinational Habsburg state, favoring a democratic transition to socialism.
- Austro-Marxist — A person who adheres to the principles of Austro-Marxism or is a representative of this Viennese political current; as an adjective, it denotes relating to or characteristic of these theorists, their ideas, or their political programs.
- Austro-Marxist — Belonging to Austromarxism or specific to this politico-ideological current from the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Austria; a doctrine that attempted to reconcile orthodox Marxism with democratic reformism, making major contributions to the analysis of nationalism and cultural autonomy. As a noun, it denotes a woman who adheres to the theoretical and tactical principles of this Austrian social-democratic movement.