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working class
1noun
- those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor.
- the social or economic class composed of these workers.
working-class
2[ wur-king-klas ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of the working class, the class of wage earners or manual laborers:
He came from a working-class neighborhood in Nova Scotia, where his mother took in laundry and his father had a job in the coal mine.
working class
noun
- Also calledproletariat the social stratum, usually of low status, that consists of those who earn wages, esp as manual workers Compare lower class middle class upper class
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of the working class
working class
- In the United States, the population of blue-collar workers, particularly skilled and semiskilled laborers, who differ in values, but not necessarily in income , from the middle class . In Marxism , this term refers to propertyless factory workers.
Other Word Forms
- ɴǰiԲ- adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of working class1
Origin of working class2
Example Sentences
"I think working class people are sort of neglected, where it's like we're going to put all these things in place and they don't see it through," he said.
Members of reggae group UB40 – Birmingham's working class band that went on to become global superstars – have spoken out in support of the city's striking bin workers.
Vietnam’s manufacturing industry began expanding in earnest in the 2000s, as the country’s low-cost, educated working class grew and the government prioritized producing goods for export.
“The end goal here is to redistribute trillions of dollars from the middle and working class at the bottom to the one percent and the wealthy folks,” Pancotti said.
It takes more public money from the poor and working class and other low—and moderate-income Americans and gives it to the rich by cutting the social safety net.
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