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class struggle

class struggle noun: conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes); the active expression of a theoretical class conflict looked at from any kind of socialist perspective.

Noun

class struggle (usually uncountable, plural class struggles)

  1. (usually) Conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes); the active expression of a theoretical class conflict looked at from any kind of socialist perspective.
    • In his letter of 5 March 1852 to Joseph Weydemeyer, Marx declares that it was not he who discovered the existence of classes or the class struggle […]1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in...
    • This last point is particularly dear to Marx with his emphasis on the relation of surplus labor to the length of the working day and to class struggle over conditions of production <…>, both of which disappear from view in Sraffa.2016, Anwar Shaikh, Capitalism: Competition, Conflict, Crisis, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 427
    Antonyms:
    class collaboration

class struggle meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Arabic

class struggle in Tamil

வகுப்புப் போராட்டம், வர்க்கப் போராட்டம்

class struggle in Kannada

ವರ್ಗ ಹೋರಾಟ

class struggle in Tagalog

struggle between classes
tunggalian ng uri, makauring pakikibaka

class struggle in Arabic

struggle between classes
صراع الطبقات
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class struggle in Indonesian
perjuangan kelas
class struggle in Vietnamese
đấu tranh giai cấp

Antonyms of class struggle

  • class collaboration

Forms of class struggle

pluralclass struggles

Questions about class struggle

What does class struggle mean?
Class struggle means conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes); the active expression of a theoretical class conflict looked at from any kind of socialist perspective.
What is class struggle in Tamil?
Class struggle in Tamil is வகுப்புப் போராட்டம், வர்க்கப் போராட்டம். See Class struggle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is class struggle?
Class struggle is a noun.
What is the plural of class struggle?
The plural of class struggle is class struggles.

Words near class struggle in the dictionary

  1. class reunions
  2. class ring
  3. class rings
  4. class secretaries
  5. class secretary
  6. class struggle
  7. class struggles
  8. class suit
  9. class suits
  10. class tourism
  11. class tourist

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