dictatorship of the proletariat

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Calque of German Diktatur des Proletariats. Initially worded as Diktatur der Arbeiterklasse “dictatorship of the working class” and Klassendiktatur des Proletariats “class dictatorship of the proletariat”, both attested earliest in Karl Marx's series The Class Struggles in France, 1848–1850 [1850]. Two early appearances of the precise wording Diktatur des Proletariats “dictatorship of the proletariat” are in: * Joseph Weydemeyer's article “Die Diktatur des Proletariats” [1 January 1852]; and * Marx's letter to Weydemeyer [5 March 1852].

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: diktatura e proletariatit — a socio-political power
• Arabic: دِكْتَاتُورِيَّة بْرُولِيتَارِيَا (diktātōriyya broletāriyā) — a socio-political power
• Aragonese: dictadura d'o proletariau — a socio-political power
• Asturian: dictadura del proletariáu — a socio-political power
• Azerbaijani: proletariat diktaturası — a socio-political power
• Basque: proletarioen diktadura — a socio-political power
• Belarusian: дыктату́ра пралетарыя́ту (dyktatúra praljetaryjátu) — a socio-political power
• Bulgarian: диктату́ра на пролетариа́та (diktatúra na proletariáta) — a socio-political power
• Catalan: dictadura del proletariat — a socio-political power
• Chinese Mandarin: 無產階級專政 /无产阶级专政 (wúchǎn jiējí zhuānzhèng) — a socio-political power
• Czech: diktatura proletariátu — a socio-political power
• Danish: proletariatets diktatur — a socio-political power
• Dutch: dictatuur van het proletariaat — a socio-political power
• Esperanto: diktatoreco de la proletaro — a socio-political power
• Estonian: proletariaadi diktatuur — a socio-political power
• Finnish: proletariaatin diktatuuri — a socio-political power
• Finnish: työväen diktatuuri — a socio-political power
• Finnish: työväenluokan diktatuuri — a socio-political power
• French: dictature du prolétariat — a socio-political power
• Galician: ditadura do proletariado — a socio-political power
• Georgian: პროლეტარიატის დიქტატურა (ṗroleṭariaṭis dikṭaṭura) — a socio-political power
• German: Diktatur des Proletariats — a socio-political power
• Greek: δικτατορία του προλεταριάτου (diktatoría tou proletariátou) — a socio-political power
• Hebrew: דיקטטורה של הפרולטריון — a socio-political power
• Hindi: सर्वहारा की तानाशाही (sarvahārā kī tānāśāhī) — a socio-political power
• Hungarian: proletárdiktatúra — a socio-political power
• Ido: diktatoreso dil proletariaro — a socio-political power
• Indonesian: diktator proletariat — a socio-political power
• Italian: dittatura del proletariato — a socio-political power
• Japanese: プロレタリア独裁 (proretaria dokusai) — a socio-political power
• Japanese: 無産階級独裁 (musankaikyū dokusai) — a socio-political power
• Korean: 프롤레타리아 독재 (peurolletaria dokjae) — a socio-political power
• Korean: 무산계급 독재 (musan'gyegeup dokjae) — a socio-political power
• Kyrgyz: пролетариат диктатурасы (proletariat diktaturası) — a socio-political power
• Latvian: proletariāta diktatūra — a socio-political power
• Lithuanian: proletariato diktatūra — a socio-political power
• Malay: kediktatoran proletariat — a socio-political power
• Malayalam: തൊഴിലാളിവർഗ സർവാധിപത്യം (toḻilāḷivaṟga saṟvādhipatyaṁ) — a socio-political power
• Nepali: सर्वहारावर्गको अधिनायकत्व (sarvahārāvargako adhināyakatwa) — a socio-political power
• Norwegian Bokmål: proletariatets diktatur — a socio-political power
• Persian: دیکتاتوری پرولتاریا (diktâtori poroletâriyâ) — a socio-political power
• Polish: dyktatura proletariatu — a socio-political power
• Portuguese: ditadura do proletariado — a socio-political power
• Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰੋਲਤਾਰੀ ਦੀ ਡਿਕਟੇਟਰਸ਼ਿਪ (proltārī dī ḍikṭeṭarśip) — a socio-political power
• Punjabi: ਪਰੋਲਤਾਰੀ ਦੀ ਤਾਨਾਸ਼ਾਹੀ (paroltārī dī tānāśāhī) — a socio-political power
• Romanian: dictatura proletariatului — a socio-political power
• Russian: диктату́ра пролетариа́та (diktatúra proletariáta) — a socio-political power
• Slovak: diktatúra proletariátu — a socio-political power
• Spanish: dictadura del proletariado — a socio-political power
• Swedish: proletariatets diktatur — a socio-political power
• Tajik: диктатураи пролетариат — a socio-political power
• Tamil: தொழிலாளர் சர்வாதிகாரம் (toḻilāḷar carvātikāram) — a socio-political power
• Turkish: proletarya diktatörlüğü — a socio-political power
• Ukrainian: диктату́ра пролетаріа́ту (dyktatúra proletariátu) — a socio-political power
• Vietnamese: chuyên chính vô sản — a socio-political power