Speakur

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opium of the people

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables
opi-um of the peo-ple
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Used to describe religion and compare it to opium.

phrase

Used to describe anything seen as a distraction.

Etymology

From a paraphrased statement from Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right by German philosopher Karl Marx (1818–1883).

Synonyms

bread and circuses opium of the masses

Questions

What does opium of the people mean?
Used to describe religion and compare it to opium.
Where does opium of the people come from?
From a paraphrased statement from Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right by German philosopher Karl Marx (1818–1883).

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