proletarian
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7.6
- adjective
- /ˌproʊləˈtɛriən/
:
proletario
- I went into the proletarian zones...
- proletarian revolution
- proletarian culture
- proletarian internationalism
Examples
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Furthering this evolution is the real task of the builders of proletarian culture.
Academic text (1997) -
I've been to the proletarian areas...
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Around this time, she became involved in the Proletarian Literature Movement.
Fiction book (1999) -
''And I'd gone into the proletarian areas.
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They call themselves the proletarian league of defense.
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Then you can focus this instinctive proletarian resentment into a coherent revolutionary response.
Fiction book (1996) -
A powerful theme running through the verses is that of the proletarian egalitarianism so characteristic of Andalusian lower-class subculture.
Academic text (1994) -
Many proletarian workers struggled to make ends meet during the economic crisis.
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The rally was filled with proletarian voices advocating for better labor rights.
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His paintings often depicted the daily lives of proletarian families in the city.
Synonyms
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3.4
Relates to people who do manual or factory jobs and earn wages
Compounds
A mass political movement led by Mao in China from 1966 to 1976 that attacks intellectuals and causes widespread violence
An armed group in the Philippines formed in the 1980s that split from the main communist party and used violence
A secret Italian left-wing group known for bombings in Rome between 2000 and 2002
How Proletarian
Surface Forms
Morphology
proletarian = proletariat (transparent) = proletariat + ian
Standard adjective formation from 'proletariat' using '-ian', giving 'relating to' or 'characteristic of' the working class.
Etymology
Proletarian used as an adjective also comes from the Latin proles 'offspring' and the old label for the poorest citizens. This is why proletarian describes things that belong to or show the working class — people who must work for a living and mostly do not own capital.