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semiproletariats

semiproletariats is the plural of semiproletariat.

Meaning of semiproletariat

Noun

semiproletariat (countable and uncountable, plural semiproletariats)

  1. The class of marginalized workers who lack regular employment, such as working peasants, pedlars, small handicrafts makers, and the underemployed.
    • To obtain such a cost differential they must either be able to hold back the proletariat's demands for real wage increases, using segments of the semiproletariat as 'strike breakers', or if they transfer a portion of the advantage to the proletariat they must obtain the asisistance of this group to...1979, Immanuel Wallerstein, The Capitalist World-Economy, →ISBN, page 107

Questions about semiproletariats

What is semiproletariats the plural of?
Semiproletariats is the plural of semiproletariat.

Words near semiproletariats in the dictionary

  1. semiprojections
  2. semiprojective
  3. semiprojectivity
  4. semiproletarianized
  5. semiproletariat
  6. semiproletariats
  7. semipronated
  8. semipronation
  9. semiprone
  10. semipronominal
  11. semiproof

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