working-class
adjective
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
party of the propertyless proletariat
Related & opposite
- lower-class similar to
Sense 2 adjective
working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries
working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor
Related & opposite
- blue-collar similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | lower-class |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | blue-collar |