proletarianize

English

Alternative forms

• proletarianise (non-Oxford British English)
• proletarize

Etymology

proletarian +‎ -ize

Verb

proletarianize (third-person singular simple present proletarianizes, present participle proletarianizing, simple past and past participle proletarianized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (transitive) To turn (a person or group) into proletariat.

   The industrial revolution proletarianized small farmers.

Derived terms

• proletarianization

Translations

to turn into proletariat

• Finnish: proletarisoida
• Greek: προλεταριοποιώ (el) (proletariopoió)
• Romanian: proletariza (ro)
• Spanish: proletarizar (es)

Anagrams

• prerealization