Proletariat

//ˌpɹəʊ.lɪˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ət//

Synonyms for "proletariat" (71 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Noun(4 words)

proletary proletarian canaille great unwashed

bourgeoisie common people common run common sort commonage commonality commonalty commoner commoners commons dregs

Strong matches (21)

Noun(5 words)

hoi polloi labor labour many odds and sods

labor laborer laborers linendrapers lower class lower classes lower middle class lower orders lumpen proletariat mass middle class middle orders mob ordinary people peasantry

Proper Noun(1 words)

main street

Related words (35)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries

class social class socio-economic class stratum

Synonyms

1 entries

labor

Related terms

20 entries

proles proletaire proletairism proletarian proletarianisation proletarianise proletarianism proletarianization proletarianize proletarianly proletarisation proletarise proletarised proletarization proletarize proletarized

Showing 16 of 20 words.

coordinate

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salariat

derived

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cognitariat commentariat cyberproletariat cybertariat dictatorship of the proletariat militariat neo-proletariat precariat prole proprietariat protoproletariat semiproletariat subproletariat welfariat

has context

1 entries

history

related to

6 entries

citizen class property salaried wage earner working class

Translations

91 translations across 58 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

werkersklas noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Albanian

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proletariat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Arabic

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بْرُولِيتَارِيَا noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Armenian

1 entries

պրոլետարիատ noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Azerbaijani

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proletariat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Belarusian

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пралетарыя́т noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Bengali

1 entries

সর্বহারা noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Bulgarian

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пролетариа́т noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Burmese

1 entries

ပစ္စည်းမဲ့လူတန်းစား noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Catalan

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proletariat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

工薪阶级 noun (wage-earners collectively)
普罗列塔利亚特 noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
普羅列塔利亞 /普罗列塔利亚 noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
普羅列塔利亞特 /普罗列塔利亚特 noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Corsican

2 entries

pruletariatu noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
prulitariatu noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Czech

1 entries

proletariát noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Danish

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proletariat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Dutch

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proletariaat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Esperanto

3 entries

proletaro noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
proletaro noun (wage-earners collectively)
proletaro noun (lowest class of citizens in Ancient Rome and elsewhere)

Estonian

2 entries

proletariaat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
töölisklass noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Finnish

4 entries

alaluokka noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
palkansaajat noun (wage-earners collectively)
proletaarit noun (lowest class of citizens in Ancient Rome and elsewhere)
proletariaatti noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

French

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prolétariat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Georgian

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პროლეტარიატი noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

German

2 entries

Proletariat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
Proletariat noun (lowest class of citizens in Ancient Rome and elsewhere)

Greek

2 entries

προλεταριάτο noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
προλεταριάτο noun (wage-earners collectively)

Hindi

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सर्वहारा noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Icelandic

2 entries

öreigar noun (wage-earners collectively)
öreigastétt noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Indonesian

2 entries

proletariat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
proletariat noun (wage-earners collectively)

Italian

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proletariato noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Japanese

2 entries

プロレタリアート noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
無産階級 noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Kazakh

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пролетариат noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Khmer

3 entries

ពលជីវី noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
វណ្ណៈអធន noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
អធន noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Korean

3 entries

무산계급 noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
프롤레타리아 noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
프롤레타리아트 noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

пролетариат noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Lao

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ຊົນກຳມະຊີບ noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Latvian

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proletariāts noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Lithuanian

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proletariatas noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Macedonian

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пролетарија́т noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Malay

1 entries

proletariat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Norwegian Bokmål

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proletariat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Occitan

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proletariat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Persian

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پرولتاریا noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Polish

3 entries

proletariat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
proletariat noun (wage-earners collectively)
proletariat noun (lowest class of citizens in Ancient Rome and elsewhere)

Portuguese

3 entries

proletariado noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
proletariado noun (wage-earners collectively)
proletariado noun (lowest class of citizens in Ancient Rome and elsewhere)

Romanian

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proletariat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Russian

3 entries

пролетариа́т noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
пролетариа́т noun (wage-earners collectively)
пролетариа́т noun (lowest class of citizens in Ancient Rome and elsewhere)

Sardinian

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proletariadu noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Scottish Gaelic

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mòr-sluagh noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

proletarìjāt noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
пролетарѝја̄т noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Sicilian

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prulitariatu noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Slovak

1 entries

proletariát noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Slovene

1 entries

proletariat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Spanish

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proletariado noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Swedish

3 entries

proletariat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
proletariat noun (wage-earners collectively)
proletariat noun (lowest class of citizens in Ancient Rome and elsewhere)

Tajik

1 entries

пролетариат noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Thai

2 entries

กรรมาชีพ noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
ชนชั้นกรรมาชีพ noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Turkmen

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proletariat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Ukrainian

2 entries

пролетаріа́т noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)
пролетаріа́т noun (wage-earners collectively)

Uyghur

1 entries

پرولېتارىيات noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Uzbek

1 entries

proletariat noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Vietnamese

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giai cấp vô sản noun (lowest class of society; lower classes of society generally)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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Respect is due to the proletariat.

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In the Paris Commune, for two months the proletariat possessed political power; this was the first time in human history.

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Since communism became obsolete and the dictatorship of the proletariat is out of date, capitalism proves to be the best so far, even though it itself is still a threat for humanity.

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Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

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