proletarianism

noun
/ˌpɹəʊlɪˈtɛəɹɪənɪzəm/UK/ˌpɹoʊlɪˈtɛɹi.ənɪzəm/US

Etymology

From proletarian + -ism.

  1. derived from proletarius
  2. suffixed as proletarianism — “proletarian + ism

Definitions

  1. The political character and practice of the proletariat

    The political character and practice of the proletariat; advocacy or advancement of the proletariat’s interests.

  2. The state, quality, or condition of being a proletarian.

  3. A proletarian word or turn of phrase

    A proletarian word or turn of phrase; a vulgarism.

    • The scatological proletarianisms of Don Jonz reflect poorly on your heretofore high level of editorial standards.
    • 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. + 1 more definition
    1. Proletarians regarded as a class

      Proletarians regarded as a class; the proletariat.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for proletarianism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA