different between proletariat vs proletarianism

English

Etymology

From French prolétariat (“proletariats as a class; state of being a proletariat”), from Latin pr?l?t?rius (“belonging to the lowest class of citizens, whose only contribution to the state was their offspring; member of this class”) + French -at (suffix denoting actions or the results of actions). Pr?l?t?rius is derived from pr?l?s (“offspring, posterity”) + -?rius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, or forming nouns denoting agents of use from other nouns); pr?l?s is from pro- (prefix meaning ‘bringing forth or into being; bringing into the open’) + *ol?s (a variant of *ole? (“to grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?el- (“to grow, nourish”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pr??.l??t??.??.?t/
• (General American) enPR: 'pr?l??târ??t, IPA^(key): /?p?o?.l??t?.?i.?t/
• Hyphenation: pro?le?ta?ri?at

Noun

proletariat (plural proletariats)

1. (often derogatory, also figuratively) The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.

   Synonym: proletary

2. (Marxism) Wage earners collectively, excluding salaried workers; people who own no capital and depend on their labour for survival; the working class, especially when seen as engaged in a class struggle with the bourgeoisie (“the capital-owning class”).

   Synonyms: proletarian, proletary

   Antonym: bourgeoisie

   Coordinate term: salariat
3. (chiefly Ancient Rome, historical) The lowest class of citizens, who had no property and few rights, and were regarded as contributing only their offspring to the state.

   Synonyms: proletarian, proletary

Alternative forms

• proletariate

Derived terms

• cognitariat
• precariat
• prole

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• proletariat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• reptatorial

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ???????????? (proletariát), from French prolétariat.

Noun

proletariat (definite accusative proletariat?, plural proletariatlar)

1. proletariat

Declension

Further reading

• “proletariat” in Obastan.com.

Polish

Etymology

From French prolétariat, from Latin pr?l?t?rius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr?.l??tar?.jat/

Noun

proletariat m inan

1. proletariat (working class or lower class)
2. (historical) proletariat (lowest class of citizens in Rome)

Declension

Derived terms

• (verbs) proletaryzowa?, sproletaryzowa?
• (nouns) Proletariat, proletaryzm, proletaryzacja
• (adjective) proletariacki

Related terms

• (nouns) proletariusz, proletariuszka, proletariatczyk, proletariacko??

Further reading

• proletariat in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• proletariat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French prolétariat

Noun

proletariat n (uncountable)

1. proletariat

Declension

English

Etymology

proletarian +? -ism; compare proletarism.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pr?'l?tâ?r??n?z?m, IPA^(key): /?p???l??t?????n?z?m/
• (General American) enPR: pr?'l?tâ?r??n?z?m, IPA^(key): /?p?o?l??t??i.?n?z?m/
• Hyphenation: pro?le?tar?i?an?ism

Noun

proletarianism (usually uncountable, plural proletarianisms)

1. (uncountable) The political character and practice of the proletariat; advocacy or advancement of the proletariat’s interests.
2. (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being a proletarian.
3. (countable) A proletarian word or turn of phrase; a vulgarism.
   • 1973, Flying, volume 92, page 8:

     The scatological proletarianisms of Don Jonz reflect poorly on your heretofore high level of editorial standards.

   • 1992, Thomas Burns McArthur (editor), The Oxford Companion to the English language, page 553:

     There is a fine dividing line between the everyday sensationalism of popular and tabloid journalism and the parodies in such publications as the British satirical magazine Private Eye, which uses proletarianisms in such headlines as The Royals, dontcha lovem!

   • 2005, John Sutherland, biographical note to H. G. Wells’ The History of Mr Polly (Penguin Classics):

     Sadly, even the ‘genteel’ proletarianisms of Polly and his class are nowadays only normally heard among citizens over the age of fifty. In a few years that richly nuanced dialect will be as dead as Sanskrit.

4. (uncountable, rare) Proletarians regarded as a class; the proletariat.

Derived terms

• proletarianise, proletarianised, proletarianising

References

• “prole?tarianism” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989)
• “proletarianism, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, June 2007)