Phrase guide

mode of production

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A combination of productive forces such as labour power and means of production, and social and technical relations of production such as property, power, laws and regulations, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Marxism

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: MOP

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Calque of German Produktionsweise.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 生產方式 /生产方式 (shēngchǎn fāngshì) — combination of productive forces and relations of production
  • Finnish: tuotantotapa — combination of productive forces and relations of production
  • Georgian: წარმოების ხერხი (c̣armoebis xerxi) — combination of productive forces and relations of production
  • German: Produktionsweise — combination of productive forces and relations of production
  • Greek: τρόπος παραγωγής (trópos paragogís) — combination of productive forces and relations of production
  • Hungarian: termelési mód — combination of productive forces and relations of production
  • Portuguese: modo de produção — combination of productive forces and relations of production
  • Punjabi: ਉਤਪਾਦਨ ਦੇ ਢੰਗ (utapādan de ḍhaṅg) — combination of productive forces and relations of production
  • Romanian: mod de producție — combination of productive forces and relations of production
  • Russian: спо́соб произво́дства (spósob proizvódstva) — combination of productive forces and relations of production
  • Spanish: modo de producción — combination of productive forces and relations of production
  • Swedish: produktionssätt — combination of productive forces and relations of production
  • Vietnamese: phương thức sản xuất — combination of productive forces and relations of production