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means of production

means of production noun: the combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.

Noun

means of production pl (plural only)

  1. (Marxism, plural, plural-only) The combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.
    • It is true, however, that the nationalization of all means of production and the complete subjection of economic life to state planning (however effective or ineffective that planning may be) practically amounts to a totalitarian society.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in...
    Synonyms:
    MOP

means of production meaning in Tamil, Punjabi, Arabic and Vietnamese

means of production in Tamil

உற்பத்திச் சாதனங்கள்

means of production in Punjabi

combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
ਉਤਪਾਦਨ ਦੇ ਸਾਧਨ utapādan de sādhan, ਉਤਪਾਦਨ ਕਾਰਕ utapādan kārak

means of production in Arabic

combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
وَسَائِل الْإِنْتَاج wasāʔil al-ʔintāj

means of production in Vietnamese

combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
tư liệu sản xuất

Synonyms of means of production

Origin of means of production

In English by 1733 in Peter Shaw, The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, Vol III, p. 52, noted: "Observe, what has been fully explained in the Novum Organum; that to discover the Causes of Things, is finding the Means to produce them, whence Causes, and the Means of Production are convertible terms."

Questions about means of production

What does means of production mean?
Means of production means the combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.
What is means of production in Tamil?
Means of production in Tamil is உற்பத்திச் சாதனங்கள். See Means of production meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is means of production?
Means of production is a noun.

Words near means of production in the dictionary

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  6. means of production
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  8. means of transportation
  9. means proportional
  10. means test
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