working class
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working class
noun working classes
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The social class of those who perform physical work for a living, as opposed to the professional or middle class, the upper class, or others.
And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.
Similar: proletariat
adjective more working class · most working class · working-class before noun
- Alternative spelling of working-class Socialism has never and nowhere been at first a working class movement. It is by no means an obvious remedy for an obvious evil which the interests of that class will necessarily demand.
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noun social class doing physical work
| Español | clase obrera, clase trabajadora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 노동자 계급 nodongja gyegeup, 노동계급 nodonggyegeup |
| 日本語 | 労働者階級 rōdōsha kaikyū |
| 中文 | 工人階級 /工人阶级 gōngrén jiējí, 勞動階級 /劳动阶级 láodòng jiēji |
| हिन्दी | कामगार वर्ग kāmgār varg |
| Português | classe trabalhadora, classe operária, proletariado |
| Français | classe ouvrière |
| Deutsch | Arbeiterklasse |
| Italiano | classe lavoratrice |
| Ελληνικά | εργατική τάξη ergatikí táxi |
| Română | clasa muncitoare |
| Русский | рабо́чий класс rabóčij klass |
| Tiếng Việt | giai cấp công nhân, giai cấp vô sản |
| العربية | اَلطَّبَقَة الْعَامِلَة aṭ-ṭabaqa l-ʕāmila |
| עברית | מַעֲמָד הַפּוֹעֲלִים ma'amád ha-po'alím |
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