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  • 121proletarianization — This label is applied to the process by which sections of the middle class become absorbed into the working class . In The Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848), Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels argued that capitalism would encourage a… …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 122real — {{11}}real (adj.) early 14c., real, actually existing, true; mid 15c., relating to things (especially property), from O.Fr. reel, from L.L. realis actual, from L. res matter, thing, of unknown origin. Meaning genuine is recorded from 1550s; sense …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 123de facto — de fac·to || diː fæktəʊ adv. in reality, in fact, actually existing …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 124in esse — [L.] In being, actually existing, in actual existence or operation …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 125substantial — a. 1. Real, actual, existent, subsistent, actually existing, having substance. 2. True, positive, solid, not imaginary. 3. Corporeal, material. 4. Strong, stout, solid, firm, stable, sound, massive, bulky. 5. Weighty, solid, firm, strong, valid,… …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 126Mozambique, People’s Republic Of —    When the Portuguese “Carnation Revolution” of 1974 saw the colonialist dictatorship in Lisbon jettisoned from power, the southeast African colony of Mozambique was able to declare independence. From 1977 until 1989 the country’s Front for the… …

    Historical dictionary of Marxism

  • 127de facto — de fac•to [[t]di ˈfæk toʊ, deɪ[/t]] adv. 1) in fact; in reality 2) law actually existing, esp. without lawful authority (disting. from de jure): de facto segregation[/ex] • Etymology: 1595–1605; < L: lit., from the fact …

    From formal English to slang

  • 128constructive — /kənˈstrʌktɪv/ (say kuhn struktiv) adjective 1. of, relating to, or of the nature of construction; structural. 2. positive; practical; helpful: a constructive suggestion 3. deduced by construction or interpretation; inferential: constructive… …