dictatorship of the bourgeoisie

noun

Etymology

Calque of German Diktatur der Bourgeoisie, which is attested earliest in Karl Marx's series The Class Struggles in France, 1848–1850 [1850].

Definitions

  1. A socio-political power wherein the bourgeoisie collectively holds the most influence…

    A socio-political power wherein the bourgeoisie collectively holds the most influence over politics and the masses, as opposed to the dictatorship of the proletariat.

    • But Cavaignac was not the dictatorship of the sabre over bourgeois society; he was the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie by the sabre.

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