Maoist

Agrarian revolution believer

A Maoist follows the political ideology of Mao Zedong, emphasizing peasant-led revolution, guerrilla warfare, and continuous class struggle.

The term describes both adherents of Mao's original thought and later movements inspired by it, particularly armed insurgencies in developing countries: Maoist rebels controlled large swaths of rural territory.

As an adjective, it describes things shaped by this ideology: Maoist doctrine, Maoist insurgency.

Chinese

Cultural Revolution

Maoist mass political campaign

Red GuardsMaoist youth paramilitary movement
Long MarchChinese communist military retreat
Great Leap ForwardFailed rapid industrialization campaign

Tiananmen · PRC · CCP · Little Red Book · Deng Xiaoping · Zhou Enlai · Gang of Four · commune · collectivization · landlord

ideology

Leninism

Vanguard-led revolutionary doctrine

communismCollective ownership system
revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
dialecticsReasoning through contradiction

collectivism · anti-imperialism · class struggle · peasantry · proletariat · vanguard · materialism · contradiction · socialism · agrarianism

insurgency

guerrilla

Irregular armed fighter

rebelAuthority defier
militantAggressive cause supporter
armed struggleViolent political conflict

jungle · ambush · landmine · tribal · Nepal · Peru · insurgent · paramilitary · counterinsurgency · extortion

pejorative

radical

Root-indicating symbol

extremistOne holding fringe views
hardlinerStrict policy advocate
dogmatistOne holding fixed beliefs

ideologue · zealot · militant · authoritarian · totalitarian · orthodox · doctrinaire · revolutionary · agitator · subversive

Maoist

Cultural Revolution

Leninism

guerrilla

radical

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