trotsky | (n) Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940), Syn. Lev Davidovich Bronstein, Leon Trotsky |
trotskyism | (n) the form of communism advocated by Leon Trotsky; calls for immediate worldwide revolution by the proletariat |
trotskyite | (n) radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution, Syn. Trot, Trotskyist |