Trotzkism

English

Etymology

From German Trotzkismus.

Noun

Trotzkism (uncountable)

1. (non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of Trotskyism.
   • 1994 January 23, Irina Roskin, “subfield "e" in 700 field”, in bit.listserv.autocat‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:

     Can somebody help me to find LC subject headings for:
     1. Leo Tolstoy's followers that in Russian are called "tolstovtsy", were persecuted in the Soviet Union, up till now exist in Canada. (LC CIP gave to one of the books on the subject: Tolstoy...-appreciation, which is wrong.)
     2. Trotzkism. Again when not personally Leo Trotzkii is described but the movement as a whole.

   • 1999 January 21, ba193302, “leo lebt”, in alt.politics.socialism.trotsky‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:

     Is trotzkism still alife? ^[sic]
     where and how?
     callesan

   • 1999 March 29, pet...@infocanarias.com, “Gouldists and Hawkinsists”, in sci.bio.evolution‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:

     Since Marx was primarily concerned with interpreting the history of human society, but not with a theory about how to install a society which does away with the shortcomings which he detected, he was not a Socialist. Hence, the term "Marxism" is a necessary one. The terms "Leninism", "Stalinism" and "Trotzkism" are necessary, because they designate conflicting views on Socialism (Trotzki was assasinated in Mexico by Lenins emissaries, Stalinism was brandmarked after Stalin´s death). "Breznjewism" doesn´t exist, because Breznjew was a Leninist. "Gorbatschowism" doesn´t exist, because Gorbatschow is associated with "Glasnost" and "Perestroika".

   • 2007 January 31, Karl Burg, “HISTORY HAS NOT YET DECIDED”, in alt.politics.socialism.trotsky‎^[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:

     As Einde posted somewhat embarressed, this goes against one of the central tenets of Marxism/Leninism/Trotzkism.

   • 2007 March 6, Markus E Leypold, “ML vs. Lisp”, in comp.lang.functional‎^[5] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:

     I'm almost sure you're now mixing up Marxism-Leninism with what Marx (alone) wrote. There is also Trotzkism and Anarchism. It is difficult to delineate the territories here, but I'd be cautious to lump everything broadly under "Marxism".