class war
Workers versus owners
Class war is conflict between social classes, especially between workers and the wealthy or powerful.
The term appears in political discourse, often associated with Marxist analysis of capitalist society: Critics accused the senator of waging class war against the rich.
Class warfare is synonymous.
The phrase can be used accusatorially by either side—workers may call for class war against exploitation, while elites may dismiss progressive taxation as class warfare.
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
- syndicalismUnion-led worker ownership theory
capitalism · bourgeoisie · proletariat · dialectic · materialism · means of production · surplus value · alienation
Labored effort against resistance
- battleArmed military engagement
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
hostility · tension · strife · friction · polarization · division · unrest · turmoil
Economic inequality measure
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
- povertySevere lack of resources
- oligarchyRule by few
- plutocracyRule by the rich
elitism · social stratification · caste · privilege · socioeconomic · gentrification · redlining · exploitation
Forceful impact or stoppage
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- labor unionCollective bargaining group
- solidarityUnity among allies
collective bargaining · lockout · arbitration · unionize · organize · industrial action · workplace rights · grievance
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
syndicalism · capitalism · bourgeoisie · proletariat · dialectic · materialism · means of production · surplus value · alienation · commodification
struggle
Labored effort against resistance
- battleArmed military engagement
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
antagonism · hostility · tension · strife · friction · polarization · division · unrest · turmoil · upheaval
wealth gap
Economic inequality measure
plutocracy · elitism · social stratification · caste · privilege · socioeconomic · gentrification · redlining · exploitation · oppression
strike
Forceful impact or stoppage
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- labor unionCollective bargaining group
solidarity · collective bargaining · lockout · arbitration · unionize · organize · industrial action · workplace rights · grievance · negotiation
- conflictsargument, fight, battle, dispute, conflict
- social classstratum, bourgeoisie, proletariat, underclass, elite
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- leftismMarxism, socialism, communism, leftist, socialist
- social conflictpower struggles, social unrest, inequality, racial conflict, ideological conflict
- Socialist LiteratureCommunist Manifesto, Das Kapital, Marx, Engels, proletariat
class warsocial cohesion
Group unity and belonging
national unity · classless society · one nation · social contract · common cause
class warmeritocracy
Advancement through demonstrated ability
individualism · social mobility · American Dream · equal opportunity · level playing field
class warsocial cohesion
Group unity and belonging
status quo · national unity · trickle-down economics · noblesse oblige · paternalism
war, class, classed, lower-class, classless, working-class, classism, upper-class, class struggle