historical materialism

his·tor·i·cal ma·te·ri·al·ism

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hi-stawr-i-kuh l, -stor- muh-teer-ee-uh-liz-uh m]
- /hɪˈstɔr ɪ kəl, -ˈstɒr- məˈtɪər i əˌlɪz əm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hi-stawr-i-kuh l, -stor- muh-teer-ee-uh-liz-uh m]
- /hɪˈstɔr ɪ kəl, -ˈstɒr- məˈtɪər i əˌlɪz əm/

Definitions of historical materialism words

noun historical materialism (in Marxist theory) the doctrine that all forms of social thought, as art or philosophy, and institutions, as the family or the state, develop as a superstructure founded on an economic base; that they reflect the character of economic relations and are altered or modified as a result of class struggles; that each ruling economic class produces the class that will destroy or replace it; and that dialectical necessity requires the eventual withering away of the state and the establishment of a classless society: the body of theory, in dialectical materialism, dealing with historical process and social causation. 1
noun historical materialism the part of Marxist theory maintaining that social structures derive from economic structures and that these are transformed as a result of class struggles, each ruling class producing another, which will overcome and destroy it, the final phase being the emergence of a communist society 0
noun historical materialism an interpretation of history, esp. in Marxist theory, that holds that the chief determinants of society and social institutions are economic factors 0
noun historical materialism A Marxist methodological approach to the study of society, economics, and history, looking for the causes of developments and changes in human society in the means by which humans collectively produce the necessities of life. 0

before 1920

One of the 12% newest English words

First recorded in 1920-25

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