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Definition of Proletariat
1. Noun. A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages. "There is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
Generic synonyms: Class, Social Class, Socio-economic Class, Stratum
Specialized synonyms: Labor Force, Labor Pool, Lumpenproletariat, Organized Labor
Member holonyms: Prole, Proletarian, Worker
Derivative terms: Proletarian
Definition of Proletariat
1. n. The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians.
Definition of Proletariat
1. Noun. The working class or lower class. ¹
2. Noun. The wage earners collectively, excluding salaried workers. ¹
3. Noun. (history) In ancient Rome, the lowest class of citizens, who had no property. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proletariat
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proletariat
Literary usage of Proletariat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Criminality and Economic Conditions by Willem Adriaan Bonger (1916)
"Those who draw this conclusion forget that during this period the totality of
wealth has been enormously increased, and that the proletariat has obtained ..."
2. The Class Struggle (Erfurt Program) by Karl Kautsky (1910)
"In character and view of life the slum proletariat approaches the lowest ranks of
... And since the slum-proletariat and the sections of the population most ..."
3. The Trend of History: Origins of Twentieth Century Problems by William Kay Wallace (1922)
"Whereas the middle class capitalist could in the early stages of imperial expansion
perceive only personal profit from foreign enterprise, the proletariat, ..."
4. Socialism in Thought and Action by Harry Wellington Laidler (1920)
"It secures fresh elements of enlightenment from that part of the middle class
which is precipitated into the proletariat, and from a small section of the ..."
5. Socialism in Thought and Action by Harry Wellington Laidler (1920)
"It secures fresh elements of enlightenment from that part of the middle class
which is precipitated into the proletariat, and from a small section of the ..."
6. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx (1906)
"Of the 450000 working-class families, over 200000 are on the pauper list (e.)
The British Agricultural proletariat, ..."
7. Socialism and the Social Movement by Werner Sombart (1898)
"The modern social movement strives after that which is represented by the
battle-cry, " The emancipation of the proletariat." But this has two phases, ..."
8. The Proletarian Revolution in Russia by Vladimir Ilʹich Lenin, Leon Trotsky (1918)
"How could the proletariat of Germany be expected to revolt against its ...
The first requisite for a real appeal to the proletariat to revolt was the ..."
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