Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)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.

    Klassenkampf

    кла́ссовая борьба́klássovaja borʹbá

    conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes)

Examples

6 sentences
  1. The middle class is struggling.

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  2. I've taken classes but still struggle.

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  3. Class struggle is good, actually.

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  4. The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles.

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  5. The upper class is now struggling to make money due to the U.S. economy.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
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struggle between classes:
Deutsch
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struggle between classes:

Forms

plural: class struggles
Singularclass struggle

uncountable

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes):class warclass warfare

Antonyms

1 antonyms
class collaboration

Word family

1 related words
Relatedclass war

See also

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