Bourgeoisie vs. Proletariat

Bourgeoisienoun

(historical) A class of citizens who were wealthier members of the third estate.

Bourgeoisienoun

(Marxism) The capitalist class.

Bourgeoisienoun

Those who profit more than the profit of their total labor.

Bourgeoisienoun

The French middle class, particularly such as are concerned in, or dependent on, trade.

Bourgeoisienoun

the social class between the lower and upper classes

Bourgeoisie

The Bourgeoisie (; French: [buʁʒwazi] (listen)) is a sociologically defined social class, equivalent to the middle or upper middle class. They are distinguished from, and traditionally contrasted with, the proletariat by their relative affluence, and their cultural and financial capital.

Proletariatnoun

The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.

Proletariatnoun

(Marxism) Wage earners collectively, excluding salaried workers; people who own no capital and depend on their labour for survival; the working class, especially when seen as engaged in a class struggle with the t=the capital-owning class.

Proletariatnoun

The lowest class of citizens, who had no property and few rights, and were regarded as contributing only their offspring to the state.

Proletariatnoun

The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians.

Proletariatnoun

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages;

Proletariat

The proletariat ( from Latin proletarius 'producing offspring') is the social class of wage-earners, those members of a society whose only possession of significant economic value is their labour power (their capacity to work). A member of such a class is a proletarian.