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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

naxalita

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nak-sa-li-ta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Naxalite/ˈnæk.sə.laɪt/
nounadjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O movimento naxalita é uma vertente do maoísmo na Índia."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A member of a militant communist group in India following the radical Maoist political ideology originating in Naxalbari.

    "Security forces launched a major operation against the Naxalites operating in the dense forests."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or characteristic of Naxalites or their violent Maoist insurgency movement.

    "The region has long been affected by Naxalite insurgency and related socioeconomic challenges."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Naxalbari, a small village in West Bengal, India, where a violent peasant uprising occurred in 1967 led by radical communist factions. The suffix '-ite' was appended to form a noun and adjective denoting a member or supporter of this Maoist guerrilla movement.

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