Working class
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The social class of those who perform physical work for a living, as opposed to the professional or middle class, the upper class, or others.
"And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them."
- 2 a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages wordnet
- 1 Alternative spelling of working-class. alt-of, alternative
"Socialism has never and nowhere been at first a working class movement. It is by no means an obvious remedy for an obvious evil which the interests of that class will necessarily demand."
Example
More examples"And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them."