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Proletarian

Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar.

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Commoner 76% connected

One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility.

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Labor 70% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Labour 70% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Proletariat 70% connected

The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians.

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Worker 92% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Brotherhood noun · 78% connection

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

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Exploitation noun · 78% connection

an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks le…

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Labor union noun · 78% connection

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

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Minimum wage noun · 78% connection

the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay; determined by contract or by law

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Paternity leave noun · 78% connection

A paternity leave is a parental leave that a father can take after the birth of his child.; "Don't worry Petunia, I'll take a paternit…

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Sick pay noun · 78% connection

wages paid to an employee who is on sick leave

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Trade union noun · 78% connection

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

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trades union noun · 78% connection

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

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Union noun · 78% connection

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

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Using noun · 78% connection

an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks le…

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Victimisation noun · 78% connection

an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks le…

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Victimization noun · 78% connection

an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks le…

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Average adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Baseborn adjective · 78% connection

Vile; mean.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Cad noun · 78% connection

A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Common adjective · 78% connection

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vu…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Commonalties pl. · 78% connection

of Commonalty

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Commons n. pl. · 78% connection

The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Commune noun · 78% connection

The commonalty; the common people.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Contempt noun · 78% connection

The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Contemptible adjective · 78% connection

Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Despicable adjective · 78% connection

Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Doghole noun · 78% connection

A place fit only for dogs; a vile, mean habitation or apartment.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Dowdy superl. · 78% connection

Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Dunghill noun · 78% connection

Any mean situation or condition; a vile abode.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Equation noun · 78% connection

A quantity to be applied in computing the mean place or other element of a celestial body; that is, any one of the several quantities…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Equites n. pl · 78% connection

An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Estate noun · 78% connection

The great classes or orders of a community or state (as the clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or their representati…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Jupiter noun · 78% connection

One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revo…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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Low superl. · 78% connection

Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, proletaries, belonging, commonalty, hence.
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