class struggle

American  

[klas struhg-uhl] / ˈklæs ˈstrʌg əl /

noun

1. Also called class conflict.  conflict between different classes in a community resulting from different social or economic positions and reflecting opposed interests.

2. Also called class warfare.  Also called class war;.  (in Marxist thought) the struggle for political and economic power carried on between capitalists and workers.

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class struggle British  

noun

1. Also known as: the class war.  marxism the continual conflict between the capitalist and working classes for economic and political power

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class struggle Cultural  

1. The idea, associated with Karl Marx (see also Marx), that conflict between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat (see also proletariat) is inevitable and will result in the triumph of socialism over capitalism.

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Etymology

Origin of class struggle

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

The international class struggle predicted by Karl Marx directly contradicted the Nazis' racial-nationalist and decidedly anti-egalitarian weltanschauung, which championed welfare only for healthy, virtuous and "useful" members of the master race.

From Salon

Elsewhere, curators are trying to introduce a more nuanced understanding of the history of textiles in India, including the ways in which it has been influenced by larger social realities of caste and class struggles.

From BBC

He said he wanted to move Labour beyond class struggle.

From BBC

They would be giving up the security of college for a league where more than half of every draft class struggles to even make a season-opening roster.

From Los Angeles Times

There are plenty of extremely forward-looking pieces that have been written about women, power struggle, class struggle, race.

From New York Times