class struggle

American  

[klas struhg-uhl] / ˈklæs ˈstrʌg əl /

noun

1. Also called class conflict.  conflict between different classes in a community resulting from different social or economic positions and reflecting opposed interests.

2. Also called class warfare.  Also called class war;.  (in Marxist thought) the struggle for political and economic power carried on between capitalists and workers.

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class struggle British  

noun

1. Also known as: the class war.  marxism the continual conflict between the capitalist and working classes for economic and political power

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class struggle Cultural  

1. The idea, associated with Karl Marx (see also Marx), that conflict between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat (see also proletariat) is inevitable and will result in the triumph of socialism over capitalism.

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Etymology

Origin of class struggle

First recorded in 1840–50