"class struggle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: class struggles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} class struggle (usually uncountable, plural class struggles)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: class conflict Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Communism Related terms: class war Translations (struggle between classes): صراع الطبقات (Arabic), 階級鬥爭 (Chinese Mandarin), 阶级斗争 (jiējí dòuzhēng) (Chinese Mandarin), klassekamp [common-gender] (Danish), klassenstrijd [masculine] (Dutch), klassivõitlus (Estonian), luokkataistelu (Finnish), lutte des classes [feminine] (French), Klassenkampf [masculine] (German), πάλη των τάξεων (páli ton táxeon) [feminine] (Greek), osztályharc (Hungarian), lotta di classe [feminine] (Italian), 階級闘争 (kaikyū tōsō) (alt: かいきゅうとうそう) (Japanese), тап тартысы (tap tartysy) (Kazakh), таптық күрес (taptyq küres) (Kazakh), klassekamp [masculine] (Norwegian), walka klas [feminine] (Polish), luta de classes [feminine] (Portuguese), luptă de clasă [feminine] (Romanian), кла́ссовая борьба́ (klássovaja borʹbá) [feminine] (Russian), lucha de clases [feminine] (Spanish), klasskamp [common-gender] (Swedish), tunggalian ng uri (Tagalog), makauring pakikibaka (Tagalog), komip bevü sogäts (Volapük), קלאַסנקאַמף (klasnkamf) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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