means of production
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]In English by 1733 in Peter Shaw, The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, Vol III, p. 52, noted: "Observe, what has been fully explained in the Novum Organum; that to discover the Causes of Things, is finding the Means to produce them, whence Causes, and the Means of Production are convertible terms."
Noun
[edit]means of production pl (plural only)
- (economics, Marxism) The combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.
- Synonym: (abbreviation) MOP
- Hyponyms: means of labor, subject of labor
- Coordinate term: means of exchange
Translations
[edit]combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
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