Synonyms of Proletar

Synonyms of proletar are buruh, kaum pekerja, pekerja upahan, and rakyat jelata.

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Meaning of Proletar

A social class composed of industrial workers or laborers who do not own the means of production and rely entirely on wages for their livelihood; commonly contrasted with the "bourgeoisie" or capitalist class.

  • buruhA more general and neutral term for workers, especially in industrial contexts, without the strong ideological connotations of 'proletar'.
  • kaum pekerjaA more neutral descriptive phrase often used in non-ideological formal discourse to refer to the same group.
  • pekerja upahanA variant with the same level of formality, but more explicitly emphasizes the aspect of dependence on wages as stated in the definition of 'proletar'.
  • rakyat jelataA more general variant sometimes used in political or literary discourse to refer to the common masses, overlapping in meaning with 'proletar' but broader in scope.