noun
exploiting class; exploiting classes
Marxist and sociological term for the class that extracts surplus value from the labor of others. Often used in discussions of capitalism and class struggle.
マルクスは、資本主義社会では搾取階級と被搾取階級が対立すると考えた。
Marx thought that in capitalist society the exploiting class and the exploited class are in opposition.
Compound of 搾取 (exploitation) and 階級 (class). A calque from Western Marxist terminology.