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working class en · ADJ

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of working-class.
   alt 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. 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 417:

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working class en · NOUN

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1. 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.
   • It may seem that the Met was a snobbish outfit, a betrayer of the egalitarian dreams of Charles Pearson, but in being one of the pioneers of working men's fares the company had helped to bring about a revolution that would allow the working classes to live in London. Cheap trains would supersede Gladstone's well-meant Parliamentary Trains. 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 47:
   • 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. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

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Coordinates

upper class · professional class · lower class · upper middle class · middle class

Synonyms

proletariat

Translations (89)

be рабо́чая кля́са (social class doing physical work) · pl klasa robotnicza (social class doing physical work) · pl klasa pracująca (social class doing physical work) · hsb dźěłaćerska klasa (social class doing physical work) · cmn 勞動階級 /劳动阶级 (social class doing physical work) · vi giai cấp vô sản (social class doing physical work) · uz ishchi sinfi (social class doing physical work) · sl delavski razred (social class doing physical work) · tl uring manggagawa (social class doing physical work) · es clase obrera (social class doing physical work) · es clase trabajadora (social class doing physical work) · sh радничка класа (social class doing physical work) · de Arbeiterklasse (social class doing physical work) · ms kelas pekerja (social class doing physical work) · pt classe trabalhadora (social class doing physical work) · tg синфи коргар (social class doing physical work) · hy բանվոր դասակարգ (social class doing physical work) · tk işçi synpy (social class doing physical work) · is verkalýðsstétt (social class doing physical work) · he מַעֲמָד הַפּוֹעֲלִים (social class doing physical work) · nl arbeidersklasse (social class doing physical work) · ko 로동계급 (social class doing physical work) · be рабо́чы клас (social class doing physical work) · gl clase traballadora (social class doing physical work) · sh radnička klasa (social class doing physical work) · sk robotnícka trieda (social class doing physical work) · km វណ្ណៈកម្មករ (social class doing physical work) · th ชนชั้นแรงงาน (social class doing physical work) · az işçi sinfi (social class doing physical work) · ar اَلطَّبَقَة الْعَامِلَة (social class doing physical work) · cs dělnická třída (social class doing physical work) · el εργατική τάξη (social class doing physical work) · ko 노동계급 (social class doing physical work) · vi giai cấp công nhân (social class doing physical work) · ja 労働者階級 (social class doing physical work) · nb arbeiderklasse (social class doing physical work) · oc classa obrièra (social class doing physical work) · gd clas-obrach (social class doing physical work) · mk рабо́тничка кла́са (social class doing physical work) · nn arbeidarklasse (social class doing physical work) · hu munkásosztály (social class doing physical work) · ur مَزْدُور طَبَقَہ (social class doing physical work) · ps کارګره طبقه (social class doing physical work) · da arbejderklasse (social class doing physical work) · ug ئىشچىلار سىنىپى (social class doing physical work) · ru рабо́чий класс (social class doing physical work) · kk жұмысшы табы (social class doing physical work) · fi työväenluokka (social class doing physical work) · it classe lavoratrice (social class doing physical work) · sq klasë punëtore (social class doing physical work) · lo ຊົນຊັ້ນແຮງງານ (social class doing physical work) · id kelas buruh (social class doing physical work) · az işçi təbəqə (social class doing physical work) · bn শ্রমিক শ্রেণি (social class doing physical work) · tt эшче сыйныф (social class doing physical work) · ga lucht oibre (social class doing physical work) · cmn 工人階級 /工人阶级 (social class doing physical work) · bg рабо́тническа кла́са (social class doing physical work) · tr işçi sınıfı (social class doing physical work) · pt classe operária (social class doing physical work) · ka მუშათა კლასი (social class doing physical work) · io laboristaro (social class doing physical work) · kmr çîna karker (social class doing physical work) · lv strādnieku šķira (social class doing physical work) · fa-ira طَبَقِهٔ کارْگَر (social class doing physical work) · km វណ្ណៈពលករ (social class doing physical work) · yi אַרבעטער־קלאַס (social class doing physical work) · hi कामगार वर्ग (social class doing physical work) · my အလုပ်သမားလူတန်းစား (social class doing physical work) · lt darbininkų klasė (social class doing physical work) · uk робітни́чий клас (social class doing physical work) · sh rȃdnīštvo (social class doing physical work) · ky жумушчу табы (social class doing physical work) · sv arbetarklass (social class doing physical work) · fr classe ouvrière (social class doing physical work) · pt proletariado (social class doing physical work) · is verkamannastétt (social class doing physical work) · is verkalýður (social class doing physical work) · cy dosbarth gweithiol (social class doing physical work) · mn ажилчин анги (social class doing physical work) · ro clasa muncitoare (social class doing physical work) · ko 노동자 계급 (social class doing physical work) · ko 로동자 계급 (social class doing physical work) · lo ຊົນຊັ້ນກຳມະກອນ (social class doing physical work) · eo laboristaro (social class doing physical work) · af werkersklas (social class doing physical work) · et töölisklass (social class doing physical work) · tg табақаи коргар (social class doing physical work) · sh ра̑днӣштво (social class doing physical work)