Proletarian Meaning
/ˌpɹəʊ.lɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or relating to the proletariat.
nounA member of the proletariat.
Sentence Examples
America has its own Labor Day to discourage proletarian internationalism.
He belongs to a dying species. He may be the last proletarian in the world.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In Marxist theory, a ____ is a worker who sells labor and owns no capital.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The novel depicted the harsh realities of ____ life in the industrial cities of the nineteenth century.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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)."
— 1994, Mobilizing the Masses: Building Revolution in Henan, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 47:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In Marxist theory, a ____ is a worker who sells labor and owns no capital.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The novel depicted the harsh realities of ____ life in the industrial cities of the nineteenth century.