dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
dictatorship of the bourgeoisie noun: a socio-political power wherein the bourgeoisie collectively holds the most influence over politics and the masses, as opposed to the dictatorship of the proletariat.
Noun
dictatorship of the bourgeoisie (countable and uncountable, plural dictatorships of the bourgeoisie)
- A socio-political power wherein the bourgeoisie collectively holds the most influence over politics and the masses, as opposed to the dictatorship of the proletariat.
- But Cavaignac was not the dictatorship of the sabre over bourgeois society; he was the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie by the sabre.1978 [1850], Marx, Karl, “The Class Struggles in France, 1848 to 1850”, in Marx/Engels Collected Works, volume 10, translation of original in German, published 2010, page 76
- Bourgeois states are most varied in form, but their essence is the same: all these states, whatever their form, in the final analysis are inevitably the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. The transition from capitalism to communism is certainly bound to yield a tremendous abundance and variety of...1917, Lenin, V. I., “The State and Revolution”, in Lenin Collected Works, volume 25, Moscow: Progress Publishers, translation of original in Russian, published 1964, 1974, 2011, page 418 of 381 - 492
- Synonyms:
- dictatorship of capital
- Antonyms:
- dictatorship of the proletariat
dictatorship of the bourgeoisie meaning in Vietnamese
dictatorship of the bourgeoisie in Vietnamese
- a socio-political power
- chuyên chính tư sản
Synonyms of dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
- dictatorship of capital
Antonyms
Forms of dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
| plural | dictatorships of the bourgeoisie |
|---|---|
| alternative initialism | DOTB |
| alternative initialism | DotB |
Origin of dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
Calque of German Diktatur der Bourgeoisie, which is attested earliest in Karl Marx's series The Class Struggles in France, 1848–1850 [1850].
Questions about dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
- What does dictatorship of the bourgeoisie mean?
- Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie means a socio-political power wherein the bourgeoisie collectively holds the most influence over politics and the masses, as opposed to the dictatorship of the proletariat.
- What is dictatorship of the bourgeoisie in Vietnamese?
- Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie in Vietnamese is chuyên chính tư sản. See Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is dictatorship of the bourgeoisie?
- Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie is a noun.
- What is the plural of dictatorship of the bourgeoisie?
- The plural of dictatorship of the bourgeoisie is dictatorships of the bourgeoisie.
Words near dictatorship of the bourgeoisie in the dictionary
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