Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

primitive accumulation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables
prim-i-tive ac-cu-mu-la-tion
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process whereby small proprietors and other groups are transformed, usually violently, into propertyless wage-laborers.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

primitive accumulations (plural)

Questions

What does primitive accumulation mean?
The process whereby small proprietors and other groups are transformed, usually violently, into propertyless wage-laborers.

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