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withering away of the state

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables
with-er-ing -away of the s-tate
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The proposed situation where, in a classless society, people govern themselves as a commune without needing a government or law enforcement.

Uncountable

Etymology

Coined by Friedrich Engels in 1878 for his work, "Anti-Dühring", from Calque of German der Staat wird nicht „abgeschafft“, er stirbt ab (“the state is not "abolished", it atrophies”)

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Questions

What does withering away of the state mean?
The proposed situation where, in a classless society, people govern themselves as a commune without needing a government or law enforcement.
Where does withering away of the state come from?
Coined by Friedrich Engels in 1878 for his work, "Anti-Dühring", from Calque of German der Staat wird nicht „abgeschafft“, er stirbt ab (“the state is not "abolished", it atrophies”)

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