How do you pronounce "proletarian"?

Pronounced //ˌpɹəʊ.lɪˈtɛəɹi.ən//.

Proletarian

Q: What is a synonym for "proletarian"?

Common synonyms include: prole, proletariat, average man, blue collar worker, blue-collar worker, bourgeois.

//ˌpɹəʊ.lɪˈtɛəɹi.ən// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
A member of the proletariat.
2
a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) wordnet

Adjective

1
Of or relating to the proletariat.
"While the May 30th Movement is usually perceived by historians as essentially a Communist-instigated urban proletarian movement, in the suburban countryside in Xihua county the antiforeign struggle attracted a sizable number of peasants. Surprisingly, the Xihua boycott in Youth Village (qingnian cun) was organized in the name of a peasant organization, the Central Plain Peasant Association (Zhongyuan nongmin xiehui)."

Adjective

1
belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

prole proletariat average man blue collar worker blue-collar worker bourgeois

Example

More examples

"The Bolshevik counterrevolution reversed the fortunes of what had been a strong and rising proletarian movement."

Etymology

From Latin proletarius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”), from proles (“offspring, posterity”).

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