Last Updated ：2025/11/20

proletariat

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

also derogatory figuratively often Marxism Ancient-Rome historical

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

Japanese Meaning

労働者階級（無産階級）—社会の最下層に位置する階級。大衆や庶民という意味でも用いられる

What is this buttons?

The senator's condescending remark branded the proletariat as unfit to participate in civic debates.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その上院議員の見下した発言は、労働者階級を市民討論に参加するにはふさわしくないと烙印を押した。

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Sense（1）

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

Sense（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”).

Coordinate term: salariat

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Sense（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.

proletariats

（ plural ）