dictatorship of the proletariat
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dictatorship of the proletariat
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Calque of German Diktatur des Proletariats.
Initially worded as Diktatur der Arbeiterklasse “dictatorship of the working class” and Klassendiktatur des Proletariats “class dictatorship of the proletariat”, both attested earliest in Karl Marx's series The Class Struggles in France, 1848–1850 [1850].
Two early appearances of the precise wording Diktatur des Proletariats “dictatorship of the proletariat” are in:
* Joseph Weydemeyer's article “Die Diktatur des Proletariats” [1 January 1852]; and
* Marx's letter to Weydemeyer [5 March 1852].
noun dictatorships of the proletariat · DOTP · DotP
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A socio-political power characterized by a struggle to achieve a communist society, as opposed to the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie.
If a revolution is to be victoriously carried through, it will require a concentrated power, a dictatorship at its head. Cromwell's dictatorship was necessary in order to establish the supremacy of the English bourgeoisie; the terrorism of the Paris Commune and of the Committee of Public Safety alon
Similar: proletarian dictatorship · Opposite: dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
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noun a socio-political power
| Español | dictadura del proletariado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 프롤레타리아 독재 peurolletaria dokjae, 무산계급 독재 musan'gyegeup dokjae |
| 日本語 | プロレタリア独裁 proretaria dokusai, 無産階級独裁 musankaikyū dokusai |
| 中文 | 無產階級專政 /无产阶级专政 wúchǎn jiējí zhuānzhèng |
| हिन्दी | सर्वहारा की तानाशाही sarvahārā kī tānāśāhī |
| Português | ditadura do proletariado |
| Français | dictature du prolétariat |
| Deutsch | Diktatur des Proletariats |
| Italiano | dittatura del proletariato |
| Ελληνικά | δικτατορία του προλεταριάτου diktatoría tou proletariátou |
| Română | dictatura proletariatului |
| Русский | диктату́ра пролетариа́та diktatúra proletariáta |
| Tiếng Việt | chuyên chính vô sản |
| العربية | دِكْتَاتُورِيَّة بْرُولِيتَارِيَا diktātōriyya broletāriyā |
| עברית | דיקטטורה של הפרולטריון |
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