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Meaning of "means of production" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MEANS OF PRODUCTION

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEANS OF PRODUCTION

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Means of production 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 MEANS OF PRODUCTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Means of production

In economics and sociology, the means of production refers to physical, non-human inputs used in production; that is, the "means of production" includes capital assets used to produce wealth, such as machinery, tools and factories, including both infrastructural capital and natural capital. This includes the "factors of production" described in classical economics minus financial capital and minus human capital. They include two broad categories of objects: instruments of labour and subjects of labor. If creating a good, people operate on the subjects of labor, using the instruments of labor, to create a product; or, stated another way, labour acting on the means of production creates a good. The means of production can be simply described as follows: in an agrarian society the soil and the shovel are the means of production; in an industrial society, mines and the factories; and in a knowledge economy, offices and computers. When used in the broad sense, the "means of production" includes the "means of distribution" such as stores, the internet and railroads.

Definition of means of production in the English dictionary

The definition of means of production in the dictionary is the raw materials and means of labour employed in the production process.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEANS OF PRODUCTION

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WORDS THAT END LIKE MEANS OF PRODUCTION

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Synonyms and antonyms of means of production in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «means of production» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEANS OF PRODUCTION

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

Translator English - Chinese

生产资料
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

medios de producción
570 millions of speakers

English

means of production
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उत्पादन का मतलब
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يعني الإنتاج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

средства производства
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Os meios de produção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উৎপাদন মানে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

des moyens de production
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cara pengeluaran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Produktionsmittel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

生産手段
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

생산 수단
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sarana produksi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phương tiện sản xuất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உற்பத்தி பொருள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्पादन साधन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

üretim yolları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mezzi di produzione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

środki produkcji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

засоби виробництва
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mijloace de producție
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

μέσα παραγωγής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

middel van die produksie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

produktionsmedel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

betyr av produksjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of means of production

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEANS OF PRODUCTION»

The term «means of production» is regularly used and occupies the 91.931 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEANS OF PRODUCTION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about means of production

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4 QUOTES WITH «MEANS OF PRODUCTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word means of production.
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David Cunliffe
Socialism's not a word that I use. I say 'social democracy' because I don't think the government needs to own all the means of production.
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Dorothy Day
We believe in loving our brothers regardless of race, color or creed and we believe in showing this love by working for better conditions immediately and the ultimate owning by the workers of their means of production.
3
Adrienne Rich
The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human society than the seizing of the means of production by workers.
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Robert Anton Wilson
A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than the celebrated Marxian formula of monopoly in the means of production.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEANS OF PRODUCTION»

Discover the use of means of production in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to means of production and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Economics of Property Management: The Building as a Means of ...
Thus the demand is not for the building as such, but for the changing set of services to be generated by the building acting as a durable means of production in an exploitation process, sometimes over quite a long life span. These services  ...
Herman Tempelmans Plat, Frank Heynick, 2012
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Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological ...
The most salient characteristic of the capitalist mode of production is that the rich use money to control the means of production — the technology, the factories, the markets — and can separate the means of production from the workers who ...
Jerry D. Moore, 2004
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The Consolation of Philosophy
Presents the Roman philosophical and religious scholar's dialogue on the nature of man and his relationship to God and the universe.
Boethius, Scott E. Goins, Barbara H. Wyman, 2012
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Selected Writings
As mentioned above, the relations of production are relations of economic power in that they determine which people have power over, access to, and use of the means of production while leaving others dependent on those who control the ...
Karl Marx, Lawrence H. Simon, 1994
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Economy and Society: An Outline of Interpretive Sociology
Wherever there is appropriation of technically complementary means of production, it generally means, in practice, at least some degree of effective voice in the selection of management and, to a relative extent at least, the expropriation of the ...
Max Weber, Guenther Roth, Claus Wittich, 1978
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The Scientific Marx
on a network of traditional, religious, and military relations to compel the serf to labor for the lord. And capitalism depends on the separation of the worker from the means of production. In order to live, the worker is compelled to sell labor power ...
Daniel Little, 1986
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Russian Law: The End of the Soviet System and the Role of Law
According to marxism-leninism, only socialization of the means of production could put an end to exploitation and class antagonism. Once these means had been socialized, which in practical terms meant being brought under the control of the ...
Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge, 1993
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Perestroika and the Economy: New Thinking in Soviet Economics
The one who has the means of production in his hands is the one who manages. The actual maturity of public property can be judged according to the degree to which the working people participate in management as well as according to the  ...
Anthony Jones, William Moskoff, 1989
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Alternatives to Economic Orthodoxy: A Reader in Political ...
methodology can encourage as well as sustain redefinitions that accommodate the possibility that different types of production coexist, with correspondingly different means of production, different types of exploitation, and overlapping, ...
Randy Pearl Albelda, Christopher Eaton Gunn, William Waller, 1987
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Assessing the Extent of China's Marketization
Enterprises of Different Ownerships and Means of Production through the Market without Discrimination Market-oriented production and circulation determine the purchase of means of production should also be market-based. Regardless of ...
Xiaoxi Li, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEANS OF PRODUCTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term means of production is used in the context of the following news items.
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The non-virtual elephant in Paul Mason's postcapitalist sharing …
How does he propose dealing with the non-virtual elephant in the middle of his sharing economy: ie that the means of production – the factories ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
George Osborne's dirigiste approach is good economics
RML abandoned the socialist goal of control of the means of production, while re-emphasising the concern of the left for social justice. It was an ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
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Linux game review: OpenTTD
... transportation networks and connect different types of resources with appropriate means of production, provide products to towns and cities, ... «opensource.com, Jul 15»
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The Dismal and Hopeful Future
... a project of the commons has revolutionary potential insofar as its protagonists manage to reclaim the means of production and reproduction; ... «Dissident Voice, Jul 15»
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Is it Capitalism That's the Problem?
Capitalism is an Economic_system” economic system and a mode of production in which trade, industries, and the means of production are ... «Dissident Voice, Jul 15»
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At the end of the 20th century they wrested control of the means of production, helping to consign the music industry's business model to ... «Rhyme Junkie, Jul 15»
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Tim Wong's Out of the Mist documentary uncovers forgotten Kiwi films
Those kinds of filmmakers are now expected to make them on their own dime because the cost of the means of production has reduced. That is ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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MUA was naive
The commission could not possibly override capitalism's law of the owners of the means of production (ships, factories, supermarkets, shops) ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
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France 2015 The Great War 10€ Silver Coin
To keep the means of production, women workers were called to replace men in the factories, while others went off to meet the growing need ... «CoinWeek, Jul 15»
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Letter | Learn some useful definitions
Communism: The state owns the means of production, distribution and all services. The worker owns nothing, not even his own home. In other ... «Mansfield News Journal, Jul 15»

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