PROLETARIAT

Proletariat

The proletariat is a term used to describe the class of wage-earners in a capitalist society whose only possession of significant material value is their labour-power ; a member of such a class is a proletarian.

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proletariat

Noun

  1. The working class or lower class.
  2. The wage earners collectively, excluding salaried workers.
  3. In ancient Rome, the lowest class of citizens, who had no property.


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