Maoism

From Mao (surname of Mao Zedong) +‎ -ism.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʊɪzəm/

Maoism (usually uncountable, plural Maoisms)

1. The philosophy espoused by Chinese leader Mao Zedong, a form of Marxism-Leninism that focuses on the peasantry as the revolutionary vanguard.
   • 1973 March 4, “Starving farmers given jail terms”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XIV, number 8, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

     Some of the farmers were arrested in Wuhan parks where they allegedly spoke against Maoism and the Communist dictatorship, the report said.

• Marxism-Leninism-Maoism

• Maoist, Mao Zedong Thought

• Category:en:Maoism

• Mimosa, mimosa