proletarian
Example Sentences
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Red is one of those colors that’s both aspirational and proletarian at the same time.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024
Most of the things on the 112-item list cost less than $100 and fulfill a proletarian need instead of gesturing toward patrician signaling.
From Salon • Nov. 4, 2023
“In its often tearful compassion, its eloquent rage and its vengeful delight in proletarian snook-cocking, ‘Oh Happy Day’ deserves to be called Dickensian,” wrote literary scholar Peter Conrad, reviewing the book for Britain’s Observer newspaper.
From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2022
Mr. Franzia did more than poke a proletarian finger in the wine industry’s elite image.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022
She must have slipped into some shop in the proletarian quarters and bought herself a complete set of makeup materials.
From "1984" by George Orwell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
