Marxian

comparative more Marxian · superlative most Marxian

1. Of, pertaining to, or influenced by the 19th-century philosopher Karl Marx and his political and economic theories; now often distinguished from Marxist by the nuance that one does not necessarily adhere to Marxism itself.First known use 19th c.

   But to use game theory in a Marxian setting requires more that simply adopting the tools and methods of non-cooperative game theory, root and branch.

   2005, Bruce Philp, Reduction, Rationality and Game Theory in Marxian Economics, page 3

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   Even assuming, however, that for economic reasons capitalism cannot last indefinitely, it would still not follow that it must be replaced by Marxian socialism.

   1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 374

2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Marx Brothers or their films.

plural Marxians

1. A Marxist.First known use 19th c.

   Hannan turned from the piano and said, winking at the others: "Mac thinks a Marxian is somebody who went to St Mark's school."

   1934, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter V, in Malcolm Cowley, editor, Tender is the Night […], New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1951, →OCLC, book IV (Escape: 1925–1929), page 215