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Class struggle

noun

Conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes). Synonyms: class war, class warfare.

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... (high-school) education and has absorbed the prevalent ideas about women and emancipation, and a desire for higher education, for a broader life, for St. Petersburg. Kowalski is an artist. He, like Mery, is not interested in the class struggle; all that vitally concerns him is his art and "living." David and Rahel Lazarus are the children of a physician who is giving his life to the people of the "Grube" or ghetto. They have grown up among ...

— The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915 • Various

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... and social principles espoused by 19th century economist Karl Marx; he viewed the struggle of workers as a progression of historical forces that would proceed from a class struggle of the proletariat (workers) exploited by capitalists (business owners), to a socialist "dictatorship of the proletariat," to, finally, ...

— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States

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Words linked to "Class struggle" : conflict, battle, class warfare, struggle