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Maoisms

Maoisms is the plural of Maoism.

Meaning of Maoism

Noun

Maoism (usually uncountable, plural Maoisms)

  1. (usually) The philosophy espoused by Chinese leader Mao Zedong, a form of Marxism-Leninism that focuses on the peasantry as the revolutionary vanguard.
    • Some of the farmers were arrested in Wuhan parks where they allegedly spoke against Maoism and the Communist dictatorship, the report said.1973 March 4, “Starving farmers given jail terms”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIV, number 8, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3

Questions about Maoisms

What is Maoisms the plural of?
Maoisms is the plural of Maoism.

Words near Maoisms in the dictionary

  1. Maoise
  2. Maoised
  3. Maoises
  4. Maoising
  5. Maoism
  6. Maoisms
  7. Maoist
  8. Maoist Standard English
  9. Maoistic
  10. Maoists
  11. Maoization

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