class struggle

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class′ strug′gle, 

1. Government Also called class conflict. conflict between different classes in a community resulting from different social or economic positions and reflecting opposed interests.
2. Government Also called class′ war′, class′ war′fare. (in Marxist thought) the struggle for political and economic power carried on between capitalists and workers.
• 1840–50

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class struggle noun

1. the class struggle ⇒ (in Marxist thought) the continual conflict between the capitalist and working classes for economic and political power