proletariat

• Nom désignant la classe sociale des personnes qui exercent un travail physique ou salarié, en particulier dans les sociétés industrielles ou capitalistes, et qui ne possèdent pas les moyens de production.

A noun referring to a social class consisting of people who perform manual labor or work for wages, especially in industrial or capitalist societies.

indénombrable

1. Working classC1formal

   The social class of wage earners, especially those who perform manual or industrial labor and do not own the means of production.

   prolétariat

   • The proletariat played a key role in the industrial revolution.
   • Marx argued that the proletariat would eventually overthrow the bourgeoisie.
   • The party sought to represent the interests of the proletariat.

   Synonymesworking class

   Antonymesbourgeoisieplutocracy