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primitive accumulation

primitive accumulation noun: the process whereby small proprietors and other groups are transformed, usually violently, into propertyless wage-laborers.

Noun

primitive accumulation (usually uncountable, plural primitive accumulations)

  1. (Marxism, usually) The process whereby small proprietors and other groups are transformed, usually violently, into propertyless wage-laborers.

Forms of primitive accumulation

pluralprimitive accumulations

Questions about primitive accumulation

What does primitive accumulation mean?
Primitive accumulation means the process whereby small proprietors and other groups are transformed, usually violently, into propertyless wage-laborers.
What part of speech is primitive accumulation?
Primitive accumulation is a noun.
What is the plural of primitive accumulation?
The plural of primitive accumulation is primitive accumulations.

Words near primitive accumulation in the dictionary

  1. primitia
  2. primitiae
  3. primitial
  4. primitias
  5. primitive
  6. primitive accumulation
  7. Primitive Baptist
  8. primitive colour
  9. primitive colours
  10. primitive concept
  11. primitive concepts

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