class warfare
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6.4
- noun
- /klæs ˈwɔrˌfɛr/
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lucha de clases
- In 1922, in the encyclical Ubi arcano, Pius XI noted the growing danger of class warfare, materialism, and the decline of paternal authority.
This can happen through class warfare or, you know, struggles between other groups.
- This can happen through class warfare or, you know, struggles between other groups.
- They've had their decade in the sun and now it's time for them to reap the rewards with one final game of class warfare, one last all out assault.
- The answer Machiavelli tells us, and Plato kind of hints at this as well, is class warfare.
- And they and they, they do class warfare and separate people instead of saying, how did you get wealthy?
- But that doesn't mean that there isn't something powerful in taking seriously the flaws of capitalism or Marx's conception of class warfare and and ideology.
- They usually trafficked in class warfare, bourgeoisie, proletariat, class balances.
Examples
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They've had their decade in the sun and now it's time for them to reap the rewards with one final game of class warfare, one last all out assault.
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Entitlements aren't what made America great, and class warfare won't help us stay at the top.
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That, sir, is real class warfare.
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Until we start fighting back on the class warfare, we are going to get a beat down every time.
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Don't you think we're taking this class warfare too far?
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Why is it that Obama -- a man who has fueled class warfare -- makes you support him?
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Market discipline demands austerity and adjustment, or in other words, class warfare creates poverty and exploitation.
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The three-legged stool of the Left has been class warfare, racial divisiveness, and free stuff.
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Eddie, indoctrinating children into hating money and teaching them class warfare is counterproductive.
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The recent protests highlight the deepening issues of class warfare between the wealthy and the working class.
Synonyms
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5.8
A fight between rich and poor groups over money and power
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5.4
A conflict between rich owners and workers over money and power
Antonyms
- Formal
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6.5
A cooperative, respectful way people who work together share tasks and decisions
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'class' (social grouping) combined with 'warfare' (organized conflict) yields conflict between social classes. This construction follows a transparent noun–noun composition and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Class warfare uses the image of a battle: class means groups like the rich and the poor and warfare means fighting between armies, so imagine two sides fighting over money and power. That's why it means 'conflict or hostility between social or economic classes'.