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dictatorship of the proletariat
noun
Definition of dictatorship of the proletariat
: the assumption of political power by the proletariat with concomitant repression of previously controlling or governing classes that in Marxist philosophy is considered an essential preliminary to establishment of the classless state
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First Known Use of dictatorship of the proletariat
1895
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