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In some senses, proletariat is marked as derogatory, figuratively, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.
proletariat
/ˌpɹəʊ.lɪˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ət/
noun 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
alone, due, international, other, political
VERB + PROLETARIAT
exploited, globalized, keep, power
PROLETARIAT + NOUN
nothing, unity
PREP.
down, from, up, with
ADV.
actively, temporarily
Definitions
noun
1
The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.
2
Wage earners collectively; people who own no capital and depend on their labour for survival; the working class, especially when seen as engaged in a class struggle with the bourgeoisie (“the capital-owning class”).
Of all the classes that stand face to face with the bourgeoisie to-day, the proletariat alone is a really revolutionary class. The other classes decay and finally disappear in the face of modern industry; the proletariat is its special and essential product.
3
The lowest class of citizens, who had no property and few rights, and were regarded as contributing only their offspring to the state.
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Of all the classes that stand face to face with the bourgeoisie to-day, the proletariat alone is a really revolutionary class. The other classes decay and finally disappear in the face of modern indus
Wiktionary02
Respect is due to the proletariat.
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In the Paris Commune, for two months the proletariat possessed political power; this was the first time in human history.
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Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
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I am vehemently opposed to all dictatorships, whether of the proletariat or otherwise.
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Conspiracy theories are a CIA conspiracy to keep the world proletariat from rising up against capitalism.
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