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单词 proletariat
释义

proletariat

noun

pro·​le·​tar·​i·​at ˌprō-lə-ˈter-ē-ət How to pronounce proletariat (audio)
-ē-ˌat
1
: the laboring class
especially : the class of industrial workers who lack their own means of production and hence sell their labor to live
2
: the lowest social or economic class of a community

Synonyms

  • rabble
  • rabblement
  • ragtag and bobtail
  • riffraff
  • rout
  • scum
  • tag, rag, and bobtail
  • tagrag and bobtail
  • trash
  • unwashed
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Example Sentences

the Bolsheviks believed that Russia's discontented proletariat made that nation ripe for revolution
Recent Examples on the Web Later on, in the 19th century, a factory would include an office for the bourgeoisie to oversee the proletariat. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 6 July 2022 The philosophical difference between Maoism and Marxism–Leninism is that the peasantry are the revolutionary vanguard in pre-industrial societies rather than the proletariat. Matt B. Weir, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022 Enclosure, Marx argued, is what produced the landless wage workers who became the proletariat. Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022 The proletariat profited simply in exchange for unquestioning, loyal service. Douglas London, CNN, 11 Apr. 2022 This is far more than an angry mob shouting in keystrokes, but the proto-proletariat of a feudalizing post-industrial society . . . Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 1 Apr. 2022 Climate refugees may provoke social upheaval but seem unpromising replacements for the revolutionary subject of the proletariat. Thomas Meaney, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2022 Keep making the proletariat more and more desperate. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022 The scuffling between the disadvantaged proletariat below decks and preening nobs above? New York Times, 1 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

French prolétariat, from Latin proletarius

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1

proletariat

noun

as in masses
people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class the Bolsheviks believed that Russia's discontented proletariat made that nation ripe for revolution

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • masses
  • populace
  • rabble
  • public
  • unwashed
  • people
  • scum
  • bourgeoisie
  • trash
  • riffraff
  • rout
  • tagrag and bobtail
  • rabblement
  • mob
  • commoners
  • tag, rag, and bobtail
  • ragtag and bobtail
  • dregs
  • plebeians
  • commons
  • millions
  • multitude
  • hoi polloi
  • working class
  • middle class
  • herd
  • rank and file

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • aristocracy
  • society
  • elite
  • gentry
  • quality
  • upper class
  • establishment
  • upper crust
  • elect
  • nobility
  • A-list
  • gentlefolk
  • peerage
  • gentlefolks
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