dictatorship of the bourgeoisie

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Meanings

noun

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.

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

dictatorship of capital

dictatorship of the proletariat

bourgeois democracy liberal democracy fascism

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