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Proletariat vs Salariat - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between proletariat and salariat

is that proletariat is the working class or lower class while salariat is salary earners as a class or group - often as opposed to wage earners.

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")

    salariat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Salary earners as a class or group - often as opposed to wage earners.
  • * 1954 , J. S. Coleman, Nationalism in Tropical Africa , American Political Science Association
    • ...geographical distribution of the wage-labor force and salariat ?

    See also

    * proletariat

    Anagrams

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