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social murders

social murders is the plural of social murder.

Meaning of social murder

Noun

social murder (plural social murders)

  1. The knowing causing of the inevitable premature death of members of an oppressed class by deliberately and structurally exposing them to potentially lethal conditions.
    • Ich werde nun zu beweisen haben, daß die Gesellschaft in England diesen von den englischen Arbeiterzeitungen mit vollem Rechte als solchen bezeichneten sozialen Mord täglich und stündlich begeht; […]1962 [1845], Friedrich Engels, “Resultate”, in Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England (Marx-Engels Werke), volume 2, page 325; English translation from “Results”, in Florence Kelley, transl., The...

Questions about social murders

What is social murders the plural of?
Social murders is the plural of social murder.

Words near social murders in the dictionary

  1. social mediums
  2. social mobility
  3. social movement
  4. social movements
  5. social murder
  6. social murders
  7. social network
  8. social networking
  9. social networks
  10. social niceties
  11. social nicety

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