Proletariat
- The class of wage-earners in a capitalist society whose only significant material value is their labor power; the working class. nounThe revolution was aimed at empowering the proletariat against the ruling elite.The factory's closure was a significant blow to the local proletariat, who relied on it for employment.
- In Marxist theory, the social class that does not have ownership of the means of production and whose only means of subsistence is to sell their labor for a wage. nounAccording to Marx, the proletariat would eventually rise against the bourgeoisie to establish a classless society.The pamphlet called for solidarity among the proletariat to challenge the capitalist system.