class consciousness

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Etymology[edit]

Calque of German Klassenbewusstsein.

Noun[edit]

class consciousness (plural class consciousnesses)

  1. (Marxism, social sciences) An individual's awareness of their relative place within the class system of society.
    Antonym: false consciousness

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