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Definition of working class in English: working classnoun treated as singular or plural The social group consisting of people who are employed for wages, especially in manual or industrial work. the housing needs of the working classes Example sentencesExamples - In turn it is the working class who are the main victims of sectarian division.
- Living standards, however, have plummeted for the middle and working classes.
- The working class has to behave collectively because it is organised collectively.
- He was from a ruling class background but took up the cause of the working class.
- Middle-class models of domesticity gradually spread into both the working classes and aristocratic elites.
- For the working class, the fact that there is free association is very important indeed.
- The working classes and middle classes are now at the mercies of the regional land market.
- The capitalist class are spoken for, the working class in big numbers are sitting this one out.
- Of course, many of the latter could be working class in the Marxist definition of the term.
- Though the absolute level of social mobility has grown, there has been no change in the relative mobility rates between the middle and working classes.
- He suggests that Marx lost his faith in the ability of the working class to fight for change.
- Indeed, the resistance of the working classes to socialist ideas made them the despair of middle-class intellectuals.
- But it is clear, if sometimes understated, that the Resistance relied largely on the left and the working classes.
- Higher wages gave the working classes greater consuming power than they had had in Britain.
- It shows the splendour of Europe's royal families while documenting the poverty of the working classes.
- They are drawn largely from a social layer which itself is not part of the working class or peasantry.
- The least likely to reach a later retirement age are from the manual working class.
- You thus argue that reducing corporate income taxes benefits big business but not the working classes.
- It was a means of incorporating the working classes within the existing social and political order, and thus preventing the threat of revolt from below.
- He did not ignore the working class, but he made no attempt to help it organise.
adjective Relating to or characteristic of the working class. a working-class community Example sentencesExamples - It was enlivened by a fresh wave of working-class migrants who brought socialism and republicanism with them.
- Stewart was one of six children born into a working-class Polish family in New Jersey.
- She turned to her close friend, Parker, a working-class girl from a humble background.
- In Vietnam, this changed with the emergence of a largely working-class military.
- It really wasn't so long ago that the Labour Party was the working-class party.
- I left school just an ordinary working-class boy with no qualifications.
- In a largely working-class golfing nation like Scotland, that surely would have been no bad thing.
- As a bright but unremarkable working-class child, she was crippled by shyness and self-doubt.
- However, working-class identity is still strong and support for socialist ideas remains firm.
- At the same time, the limits of nationalist and working-class organization have been recognized.
- Job losses and pay cuts have prompted many working-class families to borrow even more.
- The entirely working-class cast of characters in this novel was then an innovation.
- This is why the Democrats can no longer rely on the working-class vote.
- There has been a rising wave of both working-class and peasant struggles in many countries.
- Pat, an ordinary working-class London girl, has a caring family, a job she enjoys and her own flat.
- She soon became resentful of her entrapment within a working-class community where she never felt at home.
- Most were poor, working-class males who hoped to return home to their families financially successful.
- Separating men and women in the selection process cuts across working-class unity.
- The Labour Party has a Christmas present for the working-class people of New Zealand.
- A majority of single parents, immigrants and working-class people have no savings and own no assets at all.
Synonyms low-ranking, low, lowly, lower-class, plebeian, proletarian, working-class, undistinguished, poor, mean, ignoble, of low birth, low-born, of low rank
Definition of working class in US English: working classnounˈwərkiNG ˈˌklasˈwərkɪŋ ˈˌklæs treated as singular or plural The social group consisting of people who are employed for wages, especially in manual or industrial work. the housing needs of the working classes Example sentencesExamples - The least likely to reach a later retirement age are from the manual working class.
- Living standards, however, have plummeted for the middle and working classes.
- For the working class, the fact that there is free association is very important indeed.
- They are drawn largely from a social layer which itself is not part of the working class or peasantry.
- But it is clear, if sometimes understated, that the Resistance relied largely on the left and the working classes.
- He suggests that Marx lost his faith in the ability of the working class to fight for change.
- The working class has to behave collectively because it is organised collectively.
- Middle-class models of domesticity gradually spread into both the working classes and aristocratic elites.
- You thus argue that reducing corporate income taxes benefits big business but not the working classes.
- It shows the splendour of Europe's royal families while documenting the poverty of the working classes.
- Higher wages gave the working classes greater consuming power than they had had in Britain.
- It was a means of incorporating the working classes within the existing social and political order, and thus preventing the threat of revolt from below.
- Though the absolute level of social mobility has grown, there has been no change in the relative mobility rates between the middle and working classes.
- Of course, many of the latter could be working class in the Marxist definition of the term.
- He was from a ruling class background but took up the cause of the working class.
- The capitalist class are spoken for, the working class in big numbers are sitting this one out.
- He did not ignore the working class, but he made no attempt to help it organise.
- The working classes and middle classes are now at the mercies of the regional land market.
- Indeed, the resistance of the working classes to socialist ideas made them the despair of middle-class intellectuals.
- In turn it is the working class who are the main victims of sectarian division.
adjectiveˈwərkiNG ˈˌklasˈwərkɪŋ ˈˌklæs working-classRelating to people belonging to the working class. a working-class community Example sentencesExamples - However, working-class identity is still strong and support for socialist ideas remains firm.
- It really wasn't so long ago that the Labour Party was the working-class party.
- There has been a rising wave of both working-class and peasant struggles in many countries.
- She soon became resentful of her entrapment within a working-class community where she never felt at home.
- At the same time, the limits of nationalist and working-class organization have been recognized.
- Pat, an ordinary working-class London girl, has a caring family, a job she enjoys and her own flat.
- She turned to her close friend, Parker, a working-class girl from a humble background.
- In a largely working-class golfing nation like Scotland, that surely would have been no bad thing.
- Most were poor, working-class males who hoped to return home to their families financially successful.
- This is why the Democrats can no longer rely on the working-class vote.
- Separating men and women in the selection process cuts across working-class unity.
- The entirely working-class cast of characters in this novel was then an innovation.
- As a bright but unremarkable working-class child, she was crippled by shyness and self-doubt.
- The Labour Party has a Christmas present for the working-class people of New Zealand.
- Stewart was one of six children born into a working-class Polish family in New Jersey.
- In Vietnam, this changed with the emergence of a largely working-class military.
- It was enlivened by a fresh wave of working-class migrants who brought socialism and republicanism with them.
- I left school just an ordinary working-class boy with no qualifications.
- A majority of single parents, immigrants and working-class people have no savings and own no assets at all.
- Job losses and pay cuts have prompted many working-class families to borrow even more.
Synonyms low-ranking, low, lowly, lower-class, plebeian, proletarian, working-class, undistinguished, poor, mean, ignoble, of low birth, low-born, of low rank
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