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The only conclusion you can draw from the real historical movement is that by and large, in day-to-day life, what Lenin called trade union consciousness dominates the working class. I would call it elementary class consciousness of the working class.
Ernest Mandel

Meaning of "class consciousness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS

class consciousness  [klɑːs ˈkɒnʃəsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Class consciousness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

class consciousness

Class consciousness

Class consciousness is a term used in social sciences and political theory, particularly Marxism, to refer to the beliefs that a person holds regarding their social class or economic rank in society, the structure of their class, and their class interests.

Definition of class consciousness in the English dictionary

The definition of class consciousness in the dictionary is awareness of belonging to a particular social rank or grade.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS


auspiciousness
ɔːˈspɪʃəsnəs
capriciousness
kəˈprɪʃəsnəs
coconsciousness
ˌkəʊˈkɒnʃəsnəs
consciousness
ˈkɒnʃəsnəs
deliciousness
dɪˈlɪʃəsnəs
expeditiousness
ˌekspɪˈdɪʃəsnəs
flirtatiousness
flɜːˈteɪʃəsnəs
inauspiciousness
ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəsnəs
injudiciousness
ˌɪndʒʊˈdɪʃəsnəs
lusciousness
ˈlʌʃəsnəs
maliciousness
məˈlɪʃəsnəs
obnoxiousness
əbˈnɒkʃəsnəs
perspicaciousness
ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəsnəs
preciousness
ˈprɛʃəsnəs
preconsciousness
priːˈkɒnʃəsnəs
repetitiousness
ˌrepɪˈtɪʃəsnəs
scrumptiousness
ˈskrʌmpʃəsnəs
self-consciousness
ˌsɛlfˈkɒnʃəsnəs
subconsciousness
sʌbˈkɒnʃəsnəs
tendenciousness
tɛnˈdɛnʃəsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS

class A drug
class act
class action
class B drug
class background
class bias
class C drug
class conflict
class distinction
class interval
class list
class mark
class number
class president
class rank
class roll
class society
class struggle
class system
class teacher

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS

biliousness
business
callousness
carelessness
deviousness
flawlessness
heedlessness
helplessness
hilariousness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
obviousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
statelessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of class consciousness in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «class consciousness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS

Find out the translation of class consciousness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of class consciousness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «class consciousness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

阶级意识
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la conciencia de clase
570 millions of speakers

English

class consciousness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वर्ग चेतना
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الوعي الطبقي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

классовое сознание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

consciência de classe
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্রেণী সচেতনতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la conscience de classe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesedaran kelas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Klassenbewusstsein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

階級意識
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

계급 의식
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kesadaran kelas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ý thức giai cấp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வர்க்க நனவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर्ग जाणीव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sınıf bilinci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coscienza di classe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

świadomość klasy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

класова свідомість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

conștiință de clasă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταξική συνείδηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klas bewussyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klassmedvetande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klassebevissthet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of class consciousness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about class consciousness

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7 QUOTES WITH «CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word class consciousness.
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Peter Carey
It's true: one of the things that I've always thought about American society is that you never get the sort of natural politicisation of class consciousness that you would get in the United Kingdom or even in Australia.
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Ernest Mandel
You need a vanguard organization in order to overcome the dangerous potential brought about by the uneven development of class militancy and class consciousness.
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Ernest Mandel
The only conclusion you can draw from the real historical movement is that by and large, in day-to-day life, what Lenin called trade union consciousness dominates the working class. I would call it elementary class consciousness of the working class.
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Ernest Mandel
The conclusion you can draw from these characteristics is that you have an uneven development of class activity and an uneven development of class consciousness in the working class.
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Ernest Mandel
You can have relatively high levels of class consciousness with a lower level of class militancy than one would have expected.
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Susan Wiggs
In all my novels, a sense of place - not just geographic but social - is a critical element. I have always been drawn to the novels of Edith Wharton, among others, where social dynamics are crucial. Wharton's class consciousness fascinates me, and some of the tension in my books stems from that.
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Clara Zetkin
Women's propaganda must touch upon all those questions which are of great importance to the general proletarian movement. The main task is, indeed, to awaken the women's class consciousness and to incorporate them into the class struggle.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS»

Discover the use of class consciousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to class consciousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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History and Class Consciousness: Studies in Marxist Dialectics
A series of essays treating, among other topics, the definition of orthodox Marxism, the question of legality and illegality, Rosa Luxemburg as a Marxist, the changing function of Historic Marxism, class consciousness, and the ...
Georg Lukács, György Lukács, 1971
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Toni Morrison's Developing Class Consciousness
Toni Morrison scholars as well as those interested in the creative process will be excited about a new feature that appears in this second edition of this book: a sampling of Toni Morrison's creative process.
Doreatha D. Mbalia, 2004
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A Defence of History and Class Consciousness: Tailism and ...
Thought to have been destroyed until recently discovered in Moscow's CPSU archives, this polemic by the 'philosopher of the October Revolution' was written in 1923 in response to Stalin's onslaught on his earlier History and Class ...
Georg Lukács, György Lukács, Slavoj Žižek, 2002
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Who says?: working-class rhetoric, class consciousness, and ...
Scholars of rhetoric, composition, and communications analyze how discourse is used to construct working-class identities. The essays connect working-class identity to issues of race, gender, and sexuality, among others.
William DeGenaro, 2007
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From Darkness to Light: Class, Consciousness, and Salvation ...
In this interdisciplinary and controversial work, Igal Halfin takes an original and provocative stance on Marxist theory, and attempts to break down the divisions between history, philosophy, and literary theory.
Igal Halfin, 2000
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False Promises: The Shaping of American Working Class ...
Aronowitz’s new introduction situates the book in the context of developments in current scholarship and the epilogue discusses the effects of recent economic and political changes in the American labor movement./div "A fascinating work ...
Stanley Aronowitz, 1992
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Occupation and class consciousness in America
Offering solid empirical analysis and careful review of the new class theories, as well as more traditional views of the relationship between work and political attitudes, this study will be of interest in political sociology, Marxist ...
Douglas M. Eichar, 1989
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Class Consciousness in the Novels of Kamala Markandaya
The Book Aims At An Evaluation Of The Novels Of Kamala Markandaya In The Perspective Of Class-Consciousness Embedded In Her Fictional Narrative.
Pravati Misra, 2001
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Argentine Workers: Peronism and Contemporary Class Consciousness
Argentine Workers provides an insightful analysis of the complex combination of values and attitudes exhibited by workers in a heavily unionized, industrially developing country, while also ascertaining their political beliefs.
Peter Ranis, 1992
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Diaspora and Class Consciousness: Chinese Immigrant Workers ...
Chinese Immigrant Workers in Multiracial Chicago Shanshan Lan. middle-class suburbanites such as Albert who present themselves to white society as the legitimate spokesmen and representatives of Chinese culture and Chinese ethnicity.
Shanshan Lan, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term class consciousness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cosatu Wishes SACP Third Special National Congress Well As It …
... labour and capital, between wages and profits, continues! Forward with strengthening of class consciousness and hegemony on the ground! «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
Self/less review: The evil rich want to use your body for pickup …
But no matter how many cars are crashed and bullets are fired in the name of class consciousness, the ultimate takeaway of Self/less is that ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
3
Abbott's order to boycott Q&A is the last thing his ministers want
One detects a certain class consciousness in [Patrick] Hannaford's article, as though he and his mates at the IPA and other so-called right-wing ... «WA today, Jul 15»
4
Magazine: A message from the shipyards of Greece
We might be illiterate, but we have class consciousness. We're not going just to stand by. We're going to fight them." This article first appeared ... «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jul 15»
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Organized Labor: To Be or Not to Be?
... issues to most people, unions can bring working people together, forge a sense of unity and “class consciousness,” and create a new culture ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
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Interview Exclusive: Syriza and the capitalism-democracy breakup …
Stella: Very true, this is how class consciousness is built. But it is only true insofar as Syriza delivers something. But yes, so imagine, if you can, ... «Shout Out UK, Jul 15»
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Georg Lukacs: Lessons for struggle today
During this period of intense political involvement, Lukacs wrote several major works, such as History and Class Consciousness – one of the ... «Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Jul 15»
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Study, Aim, Fire
... union bureaucrats must feel as the guillotine of Right to Work For Less sows and scythes its way across the working class consciousness. «CounterCurrents.org, Jun 15»
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College Is Wildly Exploitative: Why Aren't Students Raising Hell?
Class consciousness and solidarity actually exist in Chile, where in 2011 a student movement began to organize, making demands for free ... «AlterNet, Jun 15»
10
The New Underground Railroad Movement
You must organize around your labor value and class consciousness – utilizing the value of our labor to the system as a collective bargaining ... «San Francisco Bay View, Jun 15»

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