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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.