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noun
The proposed situation where, in a classless society, people govern themselves as a commune without needing a government or law enforcement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Marxism, uncountable
Topics: communism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences
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History
Coined by Friedrich Engels in 1878 for his work, "Anti-Dühring", from Calque of German der Staat wird nicht „abgeschafft“, er stirbt ab (“the state is not "abolished", it atrophies”)
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