class struggle
class struggle
Definition
class struggle
noun
in Marxism, the constant economic and political struggle held to exist between social classes regarded as exploiting and those regarded as exploited; specif., in capitalist countries, the struggle between capitalists (bourgeoisie) and workers (proletariat)
class struggle
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- work: Organs of working class struggle thereby become organs of the working class semi-state.
- deaden: They, therefore, endeavor, and that consistently, to deaden the class struggle and to reconcile the class antagonisms.
Adjective modifier
- heightened: At moments of heightened class struggle, the Bolsheviks actively agitated for workers ' defense militias against the tsarist state forces.
- great: THE FIGHT AGAINST THE TORIES Britain is now once again in a period of great class struggle.
- acute: However, in a period of acute class struggle, the bureaucracy of the trade unions inevitably plays a treacherous role.
Preposition: between
- worker: The motive force for advance in our society is the class struggle between workers and capitalists.
Browse dictionary entries near class struggle
