dictatorship of the proletariat
dictatorship of the proletariat noun: a socio-political power characterized by a struggle to achieve a communist society, as opposed to the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie.
Noun
dictatorship of the proletariat (countable and uncountable, plural dictatorships of the proletariat)
- A socio-political power characterized by a struggle to achieve a communist society, as opposed to the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie.
- If a revolution is to be victoriously carried through, it will require a concentrated power, a dictatorship at its head. Cromwell's dictatorship was necessary in order to establish the supremacy of the English bourgeoisie; the terrorism of the Paris Commune and of the Committee of Public Safety...1962 [1852], Joseph Weydemeyer, “The Dictatorship of the Proletariat”, in Hal Draper & Horst Duhnke, transl., Labor History, volume 3, number 2, translation of original in German, page 217 of 214 -...
- What I did that was new was to prove: (1) that the existence of classes is only bound up with particular historical phases in the development of production, (2) that the class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat, (3) that this dictatorship itself only constitutes the...1852, Karl Marx, “Abstract from Marx to J. Weydemeyer in New York”, in Marxists Internet Archive
- Synonyms:
- proletarian dictatorship
- Antonyms:
- dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
dictatorship of the proletariat meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Punjabi
dictatorship of the proletariat in Hindi
- a socio-political power
- सर्वहारा की तानाशाही sarvahārā kī tānāśāhī
dictatorship of the proletariat in Tamil
- a socio-political power
- தொழிலாளர் சர்வாதிகாரம் toḻilāḷar carvātikāram
dictatorship of the proletariat in Malayalam
- a socio-political power
- തൊഴിലാളിവർഗ സർവാധിപത്യം toḻilāḷivaṟga saṟvādhipatyaṁ
dictatorship of the proletariat in Punjabi
- a socio-political power
- ਪ੍ਰੋਲਤਾਰੀ ਦੀ ਡਿਕਟੇਟਰਸ਼ਿਪ proltārī dī ḍikṭeṭarśip, ਪਰੋਲਤਾਰੀ ਦੀ ਤਾਨਾਸ਼ਾਹੀ paroltārī dī tānāśāhī
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- dictatorship of the proletariat in Nepali
- सर्वहारावर्गको अधिनायकत्व sarvahārāvargako adhināyakatwa
- dictatorship of the proletariat in Arabic
- دِكْتَاتُورِيَّة بْرُولِيتَارِيَا diktātōriyya broletāriyā
- dictatorship of the proletariat in Malay
- kediktatoran proletariat
- dictatorship of the proletariat in Indonesian
- diktator proletariat
- dictatorship of the proletariat in Persian
- دیکتاتوری پرولتاریا diktâtori poroletâriyâ
- dictatorship of the proletariat in Vietnamese
- chuyên chính vô sản
Synonyms of dictatorship of the proletariat
Antonyms
Forms of dictatorship of the proletariat
| plural | dictatorships of the proletariat |
|---|---|
| alternative initialism | DOTP |
| alternative initialism | DotP |
Origin of dictatorship of the proletariat
Calque of German Diktatur des Proletariats. Initially worded as Diktatur der Arbeiterklasse “dictatorship of the working class” and Klassendiktatur des Proletariats “class dictatorship of the proletariat”, both attested earliest in Karl Marx's series The Class Struggles in France, 1848–1850 [1850]. Two early appearances of the precise wording Diktatur des Proletariats “dictatorship of the proletariat” are in: * Joseph Weydemeyer's article “Die Diktatur des Proletariats” [1 January 1852]; and * Marx's letter to Weydemeyer [5 March 1852].
Questions about dictatorship of the proletariat
- What does dictatorship of the proletariat mean?
- Dictatorship of the proletariat means a socio-political power characterized by a struggle to achieve a communist society, as opposed to the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie.
- What is dictatorship of the proletariat in Hindi?
- Dictatorship of the proletariat in Hindi is सर्वहारा की तानाशाही (sarvahārā kī tānāśāhī). See Dictatorship of the proletariat meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dictatorship of the proletariat?
- Dictatorship of the proletariat is a noun.
- What is the plural of dictatorship of the proletariat?
- The plural of dictatorship of the proletariat is dictatorships of the proletariat.
Words near dictatorship of the proletariat in the dictionary
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