Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for proletarian. Search instead for proletar.
Definitions

proletarian

[proh-li-tair-ee-uhn] / ˌproʊ lɪˈtɛər i ən /














Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The party declared him a “great proletarian revolutionary” and “long-tested Communist fighter.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2022

“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

Lamar, 34, is an astonishing technician, a keen observer of Black life, a proletarian superhero, an artist who reckons with moral weight in his work.

From New York Times • May 16, 2022

The social critic Mike Davis once called these “stealth houses” that hide their “luxurious qualities with proletarian or gangster facades.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2022

Or they would disappear, alter themselves out of recognition, learn to speak with proletarian accents, get jobs in a factory, and live out their lives undetected in a back street.

From "1984" by George Orwell