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working class

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working class
n.
The socioeconomic class consisting of people who work for wages, especially low wages, including unskilled and semiskilled laborers and their families.

working-class (wûrkng-kls) adj.

working class
n
(Sociology) Also called proletariat the social stratum, usually of low status, that consists of those who earn wages, esp as manual workers Compare lower class, middle class, upper class
adj working-class
(Sociology) of, relating to, or characteristic of the working class
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.working classworking class - a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
labor force, labor pool - the source of trained people from which workers can be hired
lumpenproletariat - (Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement
organized labor - employees who are represented by a labor union
prole, proletarian, worker - a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!"
Translations
working class nclasse f operaia or lavoratrice
working class nclasse f operaia or lavoratrice


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But not only has the bourgeoisie forged the weapons that bring death to itself; it has also called into existence the men who are to wield those weapons -- the modern working class -- the proletarians.
South of the Slot were the factories, slums, laundries, machine-shops, boiler works, and the abodes of the working class.
Not alone because of the privacy and holiness of the subject, but because of what might have been prudery in the middle class, but which in them was the modesty and reticence found in individuals of the working class when they strive after clean living and morality.
 
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