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class consciousness

NOUN

class distinction

Synonyms

WEAK

class difference class hatred class identity class politics class prejudice class struggle class war discrimination snobbery

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class consciousness

“If they destroy the Lakers, guys with Kobe back tattoos are going to start the proletariat revolution. I think that the closest we’re getting to class consciousness is fast food and sports teams.”

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

The fallout from Austria’s defeat in World War I gave a first taste of class consciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Somehow, amid all the mayhem, “Twisted Metal” finds room for contemporary class consciousness.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2023

Generally, Marxism relied on the proletariat, the industrial workers in the factories, gaining class consciousness.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

Inevitably, since the industrial revolution, modernist critics have tended to stress its appeal to class consciousness.

From An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751) and The Eton College Manuscript by Thomas Gray