Trotskyism noun. ['trɒtskɪɪz(ǝ)m] E20.
[from Leon Trotsky (see below) + -ISM.]
The political or economic principles of the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), who believed in the theory of continuing revolution rather than the more pragmatic ideas of State Communism generally accepted in the USSR in the post-Revolutionary era.

■ Trotskyist noun & adjective (a) noun a follower or supporter of Trotsky or Trotskyism; (b) adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Trotskyists or Trotskyism: E20.

■ Trotskyite adjective & noun (a) adjective = Trotskyist adjective; (b) noun = Trotskyist noun: E20.

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