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Proletariat vs Bourgeoise - What's the difference?

proletariat | bourgeoise |

As nouns the difference between proletariat and bourgeoise

is that proletariat is proletariat while bourgeoise is a female member of the bourgeoisie; a wealthy woman.

proletariat

English

Alternative forms

* proletariate

Noun

  • The working class or lower class.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , page=173 , year=1906 , author=Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels , title=Manifesto of the Communist Party citation , passage="Of all the classes that stand face to face with the bourgeoisie to day the proletariat alone is a really revolutionary class."}}
  • The wage earners collectively, excluding salaried workers.
  • (history) In ancient Rome, the lowest class of citizens, who had no property.

    • Derived terms

    * precariat

    See also

    * (wikipedia "proletariat")

    bourgeoise

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A female member of the bourgeoisie; a wealthy woman
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 10, author=Richard Eder, title=Some Are Merely Different. Then There Are the French., work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=She is a right-wing bourgeoise ; he is on the left. }} ----