class consciousness

NOUN

class distinction

Synonyms

WEAK

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

Example Sentences

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We know nothing about the other gladiators, or how they got to the point where a boring speech was enough to suddenly awaken their class consciousness, but at least we know how Hanno got here.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2024

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

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Historians used to believe that while European societies were burdened by ferocious class antagonisms, Americans had relatively little class consciousness.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2022

And the record ends with the song “Drowning Man,” which reasserts the pox-on-all-your-houses sentiment with an emphasis on Church’s long-standing strongest political affiliation: class consciousness.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 2018

Labour has lately been developing in a large degree a class consciousness.

From Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy by Lee, Gerald Stanley