cultural Marxism
(chiefly, right-wing, _, US, _, politics) Umbrella term for the idea, in right-wing conspiracy theories, of a Marxism that controls modern progressive politics, mass media and academia, typically with
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(chiefly, right-wing, _, US, _, politics) Umbrella term for the idea, in right-wing conspiracy theories, of a Marxism that controls modern progressive politics, mass media and academia, typically with the purported goal of deconstructing Western civilization.
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(Marxism, academia) Marxist analysis applied to culture and cultural phenomena.
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(Marxism, academia) A form of Marxism perceived as subsumed by capitalism and thus as unauthentic by its critics (usually other Marxists).
“Cue “cultural Marxism” comments.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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