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How to pronounce “proletariat”
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Pronunciation guide for proletariat
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of proletariat with real speech in context.
- Available examples
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- Real speech example
- Why humans run the world
we saw the creation of a new class of the urban proletariat.
- Definition summary
- (often derogatory, also figuratively) The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.
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How to pronounce proletariat
Why humans run the world
we saw the creation of a new class of the urban proletariat.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “proletariat”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (often derogatory, also figuratively) The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.
- (Marxism) 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”).
- (chiefly Ancient Rome, historical) The lowest class of citizens, who had no property and few rights, and were regarded as contributing only their offspring to the state.
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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