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Grammar : Noun
Spell : proh-li-tair-ee-uh t
Phonetic Transcription : ˌproʊ lɪˈtɛər i ət

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Définition of proletariat

Origin :
  • also proletariate, "the lowest class," 1853, from French prolétariat, from Latin proletarius (see proletarian). In political economics, "indigent wage-earners," from 1856. Leninist phrase dictatorship of the proletariat attested from 1918.
  • noun working class
Example sentences :
  • First of all it compels the proletariat to live in the most disgusting promiscuity.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • I thought the proletariat would have won, and you say it is all different.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • They will exhaust themselves struggling against their proletariat.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • Am I going to motor down to hear the protests of the proletariat to-night?
  • Extract from : « An American Suffragette » by Isaac N. Stevens
  • This is a distinct phase of the struggle of the proletariat everywhere.
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
  • What, then, should the proletariat care for the overthrow of the Roman state by the barbarians?
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
  • Over there they claim the proletariat owns the means of production.
  • Extract from : « Mercenary » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • The proletariat doesn't appreciate what we are trying to do for them!
  • Extract from : « The Friendly Road » by (AKA David Grayson) Ray Stannard Baker
  • After the abolition of slavery, the abolition of the proletariat.
  • Extract from : « Sentimental Education, Volume II » by Gustave Flaubert
  • It 61 is losing the farms their dwellers, and swelling the cities with a proletariat.
  • Extract from : « The Brown Mouse » by Herbert Quick

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