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proletarianize

proletarianize verb: to turn (a person or group) into proletariat.

Verb

proletarianize (third-person singular simple present proletarianizes, present participle proletarianizing, simple past and past participle proletarianized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To turn (a person or group) into proletariat.
    • The industrial revolution proletarianized small farmers.

Forms of proletarianize

third-person singular presentproletarianizes
present participleproletarianizing
past participleproletarianized
pastproletarianized
alternative formproletarianise
alternative formproletarize

Origin of proletarianize

From proletarian + -ize.

Words formed from proletarianize

Questions about proletarianize

What does proletarianize mean?
Proletarianize means to turn (a person or group) into proletariat.
What part of speech is proletarianize?
Proletarianize is a verb.
What is the past tense of proletarianize?
The past tense of proletarianize is proletarianized.

Words near proletarianize in the dictionary

  1. proletarianising
  2. proletarianism
  3. proletarianisms
  4. proletarianization
  5. proletarianizations
  6. proletarianize
  7. proletarianized
  8. proletarianizes
  9. proletarianizing
  10. proletarianly
  11. proletarianness

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