means of production

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means of production

pl n

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Marxist theory) the raw materials and means of labour (tools, machines, etc.) employed in the production process

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bourgeoisie capitalism class collectivised collectivism collectivist collectivistic collectivized communism cooperative economic system economics economy government ideology ownership political orientation political theory politics			We see then: the means of production and of exchange, on whose foundation the bourgeoisie built itself up, were generated in feudal society. The Communist Manifesto by Marx, Karl & Engles, Frederick View in context Every Socialist did his share, and lived upon the vision of the "good time coming,"--when the working class should go to the polls and seize the powers of government, and put an end to private property in the means of production. The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context It is not enough that a country should lose none of the money that forms its capital; you will not increase its prosperity by more or less ingenious devices for causing this amount to circulate, by means of production and consumption, through the greatest possible number of hands. The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context			mean sun mean time mean value mean-spirited Mean-square error mean-tone tuning meander meandering meandering stream meanderingly meanderings Meandrian Meandrina Meandrous meanie meaning meaningful meaningfully meaningfulness meaningless meaninglessness meanly meanness means means grass means of production means of transport means test means-test means-tested meanspirited meanspiritedly meant meantime meanwhile Meany Mear Mearns mearstone Mease Measelry Measle measled measles measly measurability measurable measurably measure measure off measure out			means business means by means by means by means by means by means grass Means Great Movies means of access means of approach means of attack means of communication means of communication Means of Compliance means of earning a living means of egress means of entering means of entry means of escape means of escape Means of exchange Means of exchange Means of exchange Means of exchange means of exit means of expression means of identification means of livelihood means of offense Means of Operator Protection means of production Means Of Production (album) Means Of Production (album) means of proof Means of protection Means of protection means of proving a fact means of restraint means of subsistence means of support means of sustaining life Means Of Testing Means of transport Means of transportation Means of travel Means of travelling Means Restriction Means Substitution means test means test Means tested Means tested Means testing Means testing Means Testing Questionnaire means tests means tests Means to an End means well means well means well

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