释义 |
deproletarianize, v.|ˌdiːprəʊlɪˈtɛərɪənaɪz| Also deproletarize. [f. de- II. 1 + proletarianize v.] trans. To free of proletarian character or qualities; to cause to lose proletarian nature. Also absol. Hence deproleˌtarianiˈzation; deproleˈtarianized ppl. a.; deproletariaˈnizable, deproleˈtarian adjs.
1954Encounter Dec. 29/2 The net effect of capitalism, then, is in the long run to deproletarise. 1957T. Kilmartin tr. Aron's Opium of Intellectuals iii. 72 In concrete terms, what would the triumph of a ‘deproletarianised’ working class involve? 1959Economist 16 May 601 The slogan for the 1960s—more exciting perhaps than euphonic—should be to deproletarianise British society, both materially and psychologically. Ibid. 602/1 The social importance of what can be called the ‘deproletarianisable’ income groups also means..that the Conservatives should never again consider imposing restrictive controls on hire purchase. Ibid. 30 May 834/1 The signs of deproletarianization are as yet few and far between... A ‘deproletarianized’ family will surely expect to pay an economic price or rent for its house, not to have a council house provided for it. 1961R. Williams Long Revolution 327 In the ‘deproletarian’ period since 1945. 1967Listener 17 Aug. 205/1, I have never had anything but hatred and opposition for deproletarianising and back-to-the-land schemes. |