"primitive accumulation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: primitive accumulations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|primitive accumulations}} primitive accumulation (usually uncountable, plural primitive accumulations)
  1. (Marxism) The process whereby small proprietors and other groups are transformed, usually violently, into propertyless wage-laborers. Tags: Marxism, uncountable, usually
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