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語源

Borrowed from French prolétariat, from prolétaire +‎ -at, from Latin proletārius, from prōlēt- (“offspring”) +‎ -ārius, from stem of prōlēs, from pro- + *olēs (“growth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”). By surface analysis, Latin prōlēt- +‎ -ary +‎ -at.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌpɹəʊ.lɪˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ət/
• (General American) enPR: prō'lĭ-târʹē-ət, IPA: /ˌpɹoʊ.lɪˈtɛɚ.i.ət/
• ハイフネーション: pro‧le‧ta‧ri‧at

名詞

proletariat (plural proletariats)

1. (often derogatory, also figuratively) The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.

   Synonym: proletary

2. (Marxism) Wage earners collectively; people who own no capital and depend on their labour for survival; the working class, especially when seen as engaged in a class struggle with the bourgeoisie (“the capital-owning class”).

   Synonyms: proletarian, proletary, prole

   Antonym: bourgeoisie

   Coordinate term: salariat

   • 1848 February, Karl Marx; Frederick Engels [i.e., Friedrich Engels], “Bourgeois and Proletarians”, in Samuel Moore, transl., Manifesto of the Communist Party. […], 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: National Executive Committee of the Socialist Labor Party, published 1898, →OCLC, page 27:

     Of all the classes that stand face to face with the bourgeoisie to-day, the proletariat alone is a really revolutionary class. The other classes decay and finally disappear in the face of modern industry; the proletariat is its special and essential product.

3. (chiefly Ancient Rome, historical) The lowest class of citizens, who had no property and few rights, and were regarded as contributing only their offspring to the state.

   Synonyms: proletarian, proletary

別の表記

• proletariate

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Further reading

• proletariat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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