means of production en · NOUN
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Etymology
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."
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(Marxism, plural, plural-only) The combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.
It is true, however, that the nationalization of all means of production and the complete subjection of economic life to state planning (however effective or ineffective that planning may be) practically amounts to a totalitarian society.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 160:
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ar وَسَائِل الْإِنْتَاج (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · cmn 生產資料 /生产资料 (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · pt meios de produção (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · lv ražošanas līdzekļi (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · mn үйлдвэрлэлийн хэрэгсэл (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · it mezzi di produzione (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · es medios de producción (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · fr moyens de production (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · uk за́соби виробни́цтва (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · hy արտադրության միջոցներ (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · hu termelőeszköz (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · ka საწარმო საშუალებები (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · tr üretim araçları (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · sh srèdstva proizvòdnje (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · pl środki produkcji (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · cmn 生產工具 /生产工具 (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · ru сре́дство произво́дства (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · ca mitjans de producció (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · vi tư liệu sản xuất (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · el μέσα παραγωγής (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · az istehsal vasitələri (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · ro mijloace de producție (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · sv produktionsmedel (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · fi tuotantoväline (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · pa ਉਤਪਾਦਨ ਦੇ ਸਾਧਨ (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · pa ਉਤਪਾਦਨ ਕਾਰਕ (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · ja 生産手段 (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · da produktionsmiddel (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · ko 생산수단 (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · de Produktionsmittel (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) · eo produktadrimedoj (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor)