Proletariat
[,prəʊlɪ'teərɪət] or [,prolə'tɛrɪət]
Definition
(n.) The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Prolétaire, laboring class.
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Examples
- Machiavelli recognized Lorenzo the Magnificent; Marx, the proletariat of Europe. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Another misused word is the Roman term _proletariat_, which in modern jargon means all the unpropertied people in a modern state. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Just as the democrats made a sort of fetich of the words, 'the people,' so you make one of the word 'proletariat. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And he was not simply a prophetic theorist; he was also a propagandist of the revolt of labour, the revolt of the so-called proletariat. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- What, he asked, would be the outcome of the class war of the capitalist and proletariat? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Why should not the Social Revolution mean the victory of the proletariat over the bourgeoisie? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- These deluded and romantic men gave me a glimpse of the skilled proletariat of the United States. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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