Marx
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Marx
- /mɑːks/ UK
- /mɑɹks/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Marx.
proper noun
- A surname from German The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.
- Karl Marx (1818–1883), a German political philosopher, economist, and sociologist. This is one of the developments Karl Marx failed to predict. Had he foreseen it he might have expired in guffaws, rolling in the aisle of the British Museum Library amid the notes for Das Kapital, that bearded Santa Claus of the revolution who slipped the unwanted gift of communism down the world's
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: karl marx, hegel, marxism, cpc, marquis, max, roger, karl, marcus, marks, deng, jiang, marquez, proletarianism, communism, socialism
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Talk about this word "Marx." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/marx. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Marx. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/marx "Marx." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/marx.Cite this
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title = {Marx},
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