Preferred term
Working class
Broader concept
Broader conceptEntry terms
Alternative terms for the concept.- Lower class
- Proletariat
Scope note
Notes about the usage and scope of the concept.- A social class comprising those who do manual labour for wage, especially those who do not own any property. Use only when indexing historical works.
Belongs to array
Array which the concept belongs to.In other languages
Terms for the concept in other languages.Arabic
- طبقة عاملة
- بروليتاريا
- طبقة دنيا
- طبقة كادحة
French
- Classe ouvrière
- Classe inférieure
- Prolétariat
- Salariat
Russian
- Рабочий класс
- Низший класс
- Пролетариат
Spanish
- Clase obrera
- Clase inferior
- Proletariado
URI
http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept5374