class consciousness
collocation in Englishmeaningsofclassandconsciousness
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class
adjective
uk/klɑːs/us/klæs/
very ...
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consciousness
noun[U]
uk/ˈkɒn.ʃəs.nəs/us/ˈkɑːn.ʃəs.nəs/
the state of understanding and ...
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(Definition ofclassandconsciousnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Most historians have seen in the process of organization the flowering of 'workingclassconsciousness'.
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Historians have been wrongfooted by a set of assumptions based upon the notions ofclassconsciousness.
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Home ownership would lessenclassconsciousnessamong workers, who would set their sights toward the middle-class ideal.
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The fustian suit is perhaps better seen as a variation upon the theme of unity, rather than a symbol of nascentclassconsciousness.
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It is not only access to resources or education that shapes class identity, but alsoclassconsciousness.
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The redistribution that is achieved or at least perceived to be achieved by such practices serves to bluntclassconsciousness.
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As workingclassconsciousnessand class polarization increased over the course of the century, so too did the criticisms of legal charity become more numerous.
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The authors address the "then and now" transformation ofclassconsciousnessand social spaces.
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Chronologically, he regards the period 1901-1914 as the 'formative process of trade unions', inter-changeable with the growth of workingclassconsciousness.
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These kinds of selfconception, however, were not evolving in some straightforward manner towardclassconsciousnessand a proletarian identity.
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Classconsciousnesslacks the ' common sense ' indicators of race and gender and as a result tends to be more difficult to construct and maintain.
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It seems hard to explain such moments of unity without the existence, at some level, of bourgeoisclassconsciousness.
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We began with his belief that being activated to vote includes heightened awareness that developsclassconsciousnessand crystallizes political opinions.
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To say that the lodges mitigatedclassconsciousness, therefore, is to ignore the broad context of the workers' daily existence.
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The 'classconsciousness' required to address vertical inequality is known to be more difficult to inculcate than other forms of consciousness to address religious, ethnic or regional inequality.
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