Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mode of production

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: mod-e of pro-duc-tion
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A combination of productive forces such as labour power and means of production, and social and technical relations of production such as property, power, laws and regulations, etc.

Example Sentences

"The wealth of those societies in which the capitalist mode of production prevails, presents itself as “an immense accumulation of commodities,” its unit being a single commodity."
"But once you understand what a “mode of production” is the meaning becomes clear. What you are watching is the collapse of feudalism and the emergence of early capitalism."

Etymology

Calque of German Produktionsweise.

Inflected Forms

modes of production (plural)

Synonyms

MOP

Questions

What does mode of production mean?: A combination of productive forces such as labour power and means of production, and social and technical relations of production such as property, power, laws and regulations, etc.
Where does mode of production come from?: Calque of German Produktionsweise.

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