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