Meanings
- derogatorysometimesuncountableConflict between sociopolitical classes.
It's class warfare, my class is winning, but they shouldn't be.
2005 June 19, Lou Dobbs, quoting Warren Buffett, “Buffett: 'There are lots of loose nukes around the world'”, in CNN3 more examples
To end this class warfare is the conscious aim of the Socialist movement.
1906, John Spargo, The Socialists, page 71There's been a marked increase lately in Limbaugh's rhetoric about, of all things, class warfare.
1994, Charles M. Kelly, The Great Limbaugh Con: and other right-wing assaults on common sense, page 79It is class warfare under the theory of 'let's get the rich guy, the richest 1 percent. ... Once again, we are engaging in classic class warfare.
2004, Paula S. Rothenberg, Race, class, and gender in the United States: an integrated study, page 590Synonyms: class struggle, class war
Synonyms & antonyms
nounConflict between sociopolitical classes.
More synonyms by meaning
nounconflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes)
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