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Proletariat

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

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Stratum 76% connected

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds…

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Proletarian 70% connected

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

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Worker 70% connected

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

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Labor 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Labour 92% connected

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

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Agriculture noun · 86% connection

the class of people engaged in growing food

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Bourgeoisie noun · 86% connection

the social class between the lower and upper classes

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Brotherhood noun · 86% connection

people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"

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Caste noun · 86% connection

(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity

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Center noun · 86% connection

politically moderate persons; centrists

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Centre noun · 86% connection

politically moderate persons; centrists

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Commonalty noun · 86% connection

a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank

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Commons noun · 86% connection

a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank

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Craft noun · 86% connection

people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"

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Demimonde noun · 86% connection

a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior

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Domain noun · 86% connection

people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"

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Estate noun · 86% connection

a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Ki…

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Fraternity noun · 86% connection

people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"

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Market noun · 86% connection

the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it"

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Patriciate noun · 86% connection

members of the patrician class.; "the patriciate regarded patronage of the arts as a moral and social duty."

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Peasantry noun · 86% connection

the class of peasants

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Social class noun · 86% connection

people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"

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Socio-economic class noun · 86% connection

people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"

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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

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Asteridea n. pl. · 78% connection

A class of Echinodermata including the true starfishes. The rays vary in number and always have ambulacral grooves below. The body is…

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Bare adjective · 78% connection

Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away…

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Beggarly adjective · 78% connection

In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.

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Belief noun · 78% connection

A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed.

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Cestoidea n. pl. · 78% connection

A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but…

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Electorate noun · 78% connection

The whole body of persons in a nation or state who are entitled to vote in an election, or any distinct class or division of them.

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Entropy noun · 78% connection

A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remain…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: indigent, class, body, proletarians.
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Ethics noun · 78% connection

The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting d…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: indigent, class, body, proletarians.
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First-class adjective · 78% connection

Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope.

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form noun · 78% connection

A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: indigent, class, body, proletarians.
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Genus noun · 78% connection

A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly di…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: indigent, class, body, proletarians.
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Indigence noun · 78% connection

The condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless, indigence.

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