labour aristocracy

短语

工人贵族

词形变化

labour aristocracies 复数 labour aristocracies

别名

labor aristocracy aristocracy of labour aristocracy of labor

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Segment of the working class that enjoys a relatively privileged position compared to the rest of the working class as a result of higher salaries, better working conditions, etc., and which can lead them to have different interests and perspectives even though they continue to be exploited by capitalists.

    工人贵族

    劳工贵族

    可数 不可数 政治 哲学

词源

Compound of labour + aristocracy. The theory about relatively privileged proletarians, thus more manipulable into collaborating with the bourgeoisie, was formulated by Friedrich Engels in a letter to Karl Marx [7 October 1858]. A precursor to the wording appears in Marx's Das Kapital, Volume I [1867].

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