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class warfare

class warfare noun: conflict between sociopolitical classes.

Noun

class warfare (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) Conflict between sociopolitical classes.
    • To end this class warfare is the conscious aim of the Socialist movement.1906, John Spargo, The Socialists, page 71
    • There's been a marked increase lately in Limbaugh's rhetoric about, of all things, class warfare.1994, Charles M. Kelly, The Great Limbaugh Con: and other right-wing assaults on common sense, page 79

Examples of class warfare in a sentence

  • It is class warfare under the theory of 'let's get the rich guy, the richest 1 percent. ...2004, Paula S. Rothenberg, Race, class, and gender in the United States: an integrated study, page 590:
  • It's class warfare, my class is winning, but they shouldn't be.2005 June 19, Lou Dobbs, quoting Warren Buffett, “Buffett: 'There are lots of loose nukes around the world'”, in CNN:

Synonyms of class warfare

Questions about class warfare

What does class warfare mean?
Class warfare means conflict between sociopolitical classes.
How do you use class warfare in a sentence?
It is class warfare under the theory of 'let's get the rich guy, the richest 1 percent. ...
What part of speech is class warfare?
Class warfare is a noun.

Words near class warfare in the dictionary

  1. class tourists
  2. class up
  3. class variable
  4. class variables
  5. class war
  6. class warfare
  7. class warrior
  8. class warriors
  9. class wars
  10. class-action
  11. class-based

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