Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

class struggle

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English

Syllables: class strug-gle
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes); the active expression of a theoretical class conflict looked at from any kind of socialist perspective.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In his letter of 5 March 1852 to Joseph Weydemeyer, Marx declares that it was not he who discovered the existence of classes or the class struggle […]"
"This last point is particularly dear to Marx with his emphasis on the relation of surplus labor to the length of the working day and to class struggle over conditions of production , both of which disappear from view in Sraffa."
"Fundamentalists do not deny that the class struggle, even as this might manifest itself in tepid ‘business unionism’, plays a role in articulating the crisis tendencies of the capitalist economy."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

class struggles (plural)

Phrases

class war

Frequently Paired Words

class war

Synonyms

class war class warfare

Antonyms

class collaboration

Questions

What does class struggle mean?: Conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes); the active expression of a theoretical class conflict looked at from any kind of socialist perspective.

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