Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Skull and Crossbones

ˌskull and ˈcrossbones [singular] {noun}
TTW a picture of a human skull with two bones crossed below it, used in past times on the flags of pirate ships
a picture of a human skull with two bones crossed below it, used on containers to show that what is inside is poison or very dangerous
 

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Marxist

Marx‧ist {adjective}
relating to or based on Marxism:
a Marxist perspective
 
Marxist [countable]     {noun}
someone who agrees with Marxism
 
 
Marxism-Leninism [uncountable]     {noun}
the ideas of Marxism as explained and added to by the Russian leader Lenin, who believed in the "dictatorship of the proletariat" (=when government is controlled by a combination of industrial workers and poor farm workers) as part of the process of achieving revolution
Marxist-Leninist noun , adjective