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