class struggle

Noun

Meaning

conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

class warfare class war bolshevism alienation bourgeoisie capitalism anarchism conflict of interests anti-capitalism economic determinism anti-capitalist class consciousness anti-imperialism labourism political tension

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Antonyms

class equality equality between classes equality between different economic classes equality between different classes equality between different social classes

Hypernyms

battle conflict struggle

Examples

Just as invasion is the true and tried weapon in the hands of capital against the class struggle, so on the other hand the fearless pursuit of the class struggle has always proven the most effective preventative of foreign invasions. Karl Liebknecht

There has always been in our national experience a type of mind which elevates hatred to a kind of creed; for this mind, group hatreds take a place in politics similar to the class struggle in some other modern societies. Richard Hofstadter

There is no alternative to class struggle. Vyacheslav Molotov

The [Communist] Party has one objective: the creation of a socialist economy; and one means: the utilization of the class struggle. Jean-Paul Sartre

As the class struggle sharpens in the U.S. Marxism will come into its own as a great popular study. C. L. R. James

In capitalist history, invasion and class struggle are not opposites, as the official legend would have us believe, but one is the means and the expression of the other. Karl Liebknecht

Close letter words and terms

class Sphenopsida class Sporozoa class structure class struggle unions class suit class Symphyla