proletarianise
Verb (transitive): - To make proletarian: "proletarianise" means to convert or transform (a person, group, or society) into members of the proletariat (the working class, especially those who do not own the means of production and sell their labour). This often involves stripping away middle-class or bourgeois status, reducing economic independence, or imposing wage-labour conditions. - To adopt proletarian characteristics: It can also mean to cause someone or something to take on the values, lifestyle, or social position of the proletariat.
- (The change made them part of the working class.)
- (The policies turned them into wage labourers.)
- (The work adopted a working-class perspective.)
"to be proletarianised": used in passive form to describe the process.
- The once-independent craftsmen were proletarianised as large factories replaced small workshops. (They lost their independence and became wage earners.)
"proletarianising influence": a factor that drives proletarianisation.
- Automation has had a proletarianising influence on skilled workers, reducing their bargaining power. (The change pushed them closer to the working class.)
Proletarianisation (noun): the process of making or becoming proletarian.
- The proletarianisation of the peasantry was a key feature of early capitalism. (The process of turning peasants into wage labourers.)
Proletarian (noun/adjective): a member of the working class; relating to the working class.
- He was a proud proletarian, working in the steel mill. (A member of the working class.)
Proletariat (noun): the working class, especially those who do not own the means of production.
- Marx argued that the proletariat would eventually rise against the bourgeoisie. (The working class.)
- Pauperise: to make poor or reduce to poverty (often used in economic contexts).
- Deprive of property: to take away assets or means of production, forcing wage labour.
- Proletarianize (alternative spelling, same meaning).
- Proletarianise into: to transform a group into a specific type of proletarian.
- The company’s restructuring proletarianised many managers into hourly workers. (They were turned into wage labourers with less autonomy.)
To bring down to the working class: to reduce someone’s social or economic status to that of a labourer.
- The economic crash brought many professionals down to the working class. (A similar concept but less technical.)
To grind down: to oppress or reduce to a lower state, often through economic pressure.
- The factory system ground down the artisans, proletarianising them. (The process of making them part of the working class.)