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class struggle

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class struggle
n
(Philosophy)
the Marxism the continual conflict between the capitalist and working classes for economic and political power Also called class war
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Noun1.class struggleclass struggle - conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes)
conflict, struggle, battle - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"


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Talk of educational reform becomes, in that case, an ideological obfuscation that distracts attention from a worldwide class struggle where wealth and power have become steadily more concentrated.
 
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