Maoism
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Maoism is a variant of communist ideology developed from Marxism–Leninism that emphasizes peasant-led revolution, protracted people’s war, and continuous class struggle under a vanguard party.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maoism canonical | 69 |
| Mao Zedong Thought | 58 |
| Mao Zedong Thought became the official guiding ideology of the Chinese Communist Party | 1 |
| Maoism (1960s–1970s) | 1 |
| corpus of Mao Zedong Thought | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Maoism Context triple: [Marxism–Leninism, influenced, Maoism]
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Marxism–Leninism
Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideological framework that synthesizes Karl Marx’s and Vladimir Lenin’s theories into a doctrine of one-party rule, state control of the economy, and revolutionary vanguard leadership, most prominently associated with the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.
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Marxism
Marxism is a socio-economic and political theory developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that analyzes class relations and societal conflict through the lens of historical materialism and advocates for the abolition of capitalism and the establishment of a classless, communist society.
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Juche
Juche is the official state ideology of North Korea, centered on national self-reliance, political independence, and the supreme leadership of the Kim dynasty.
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Chinese Marxism
Chinese Marxism is the localized adaptation of Marxist theory in China, shaped by the Chinese Communist Party’s revolutionary experience, Mao Zedong Thought, and subsequent reforms to guide the country’s socialist development.
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Chinese Revolution
The Chinese Revolution was the prolonged political and social upheaval in China that culminated in the Communist Party’s victory in 1949 and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Maoism Target entity description: Maoism is a variant of communist ideology developed from Marxism–Leninism that emphasizes peasant-led revolution, protracted people’s war, and continuous class struggle under a vanguard party.
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Marxism–Leninism
Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideological framework that synthesizes Karl Marx’s and Vladimir Lenin’s theories into a doctrine of one-party rule, state control of the economy, and revolutionary vanguard leadership, most prominently associated with the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.
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Marxism
Marxism is a socio-economic and political theory developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that analyzes class relations and societal conflict through the lens of historical materialism and advocates for the abolition of capitalism and the establishment of a classless, communist society.
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C.
Juche
Juche is the official state ideology of North Korea, centered on national self-reliance, political independence, and the supreme leadership of the Kim dynasty.
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D.
Chinese Marxism
Chinese Marxism is the localized adaptation of Marxist theory in China, shaped by the Chinese Communist Party’s revolutionary experience, Mao Zedong Thought, and subsequent reforms to guide the country’s socialist development.
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Chinese Revolution
The Chinese Revolution was the prolonged political and social upheaval in China that culminated in the Communist Party’s victory in 1949 and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong.
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Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communist ideology
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political ideology ⓘ revolutionary ideology ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Great Leap Forward policies
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surface form:
Great Leap Forward
People’s Liberation Army strategy ⓘ agrarian revolution ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Leninism
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Marxism ⓘ Marxism–Leninism ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
class struggle under socialism
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continuous revolution ⓘ cultural revolution ⓘ mass line ⓘ new democratic revolution ⓘ peasant-led revolution ⓘ people’s democratic dictatorship ⓘ protracted people’s war ⓘ vanguard party leadership ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| developedBy | Mao Zedong ⓘ |
| emergedInDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| emergedInPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
armed struggle in the countryside
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central role of the peasantry in revolution ⓘ continuous class struggle after seizure of power ⓘ encirclement of cities from the countryside ⓘ ideological remolding of the masses ⓘ party rectification campaigns ⓘ |
| hasVariant | Marxism–Leninism–Maoism ⓘ |
| ideologicalText |
On New Democracy
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On Protracted War ⓘ Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese Communist Party
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Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ Communist Party of the Philippines ⓘ Cultural Revolution ⓘ
surface form:
Cultural Revolution in China
Khmer Rouge ⓘ Maoist insurgency in India ⓘ
surface form:
Naxalite movement in India
Nepalese Maoist movement ⓘ |
| opposes |
bourgeois democracy
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capitalism ⓘ imperialism ⓘ revisionism ⓘ |
| supports |
collectivization of agriculture
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democratic centralism ⓘ one-party socialist state ⓘ public ownership of the means of production ⓘ |
| views |
imperialism as principal global enemy
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national liberation as part of world revolution ⓘ peasants as principal revolutionary force in semi-feudal societies ⓘ |
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Subject: Maoism Description of subject: Maoism is a variant of communist ideology developed from Marxism–Leninism that emphasizes peasant-led revolution, protracted people’s war, and continuous class struggle under a vanguard party.
Referenced by (130)
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