"false consciousness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: false consciousnesses [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German falsches Bewusstsein, as used by Friedrich Engels in a letter to Franz Mehring (1893). Etymology templates: {{cal|en|de|falsches Bewusstsein}} Calque of German falsches Bewusstsein Head templates: {{en-noun}} false consciousness (plural false consciousnesses)
  1. (Marxism, including its brand of social sciences) A faulty understanding of the true character of social processes due to ideology. Wikipedia link: Franz Mehring, Friedrich Engels, Marxists Internet Archive Tags: Marxism Categories (topical): Marxism, Social sciences Translations (faulty understanding due to ideology): وَعْي زَائِف (waʕy zāʔif) [masculine] (Arabic), 虛假意識 (Chinese Mandarin), 虚假意识 (xūjiǎ yìshi) (Chinese Mandarin), väärä tietoisuus (Finnish), falsches Bewusstsein (German), 虚偽意識 (kyogi-ishiki) (alt: きょぎいしき) (Japanese), 허위의식 (heowiuisik) (alt: 虛僞意識) (Korean), ло́жное созна́ние (lóžnoje soznánije) [neuter] (Russian), falsa conciencia [feminine] (Spanish), yanlış bilinç (Turkish)

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