Working-class

Quick meaning: Working-class is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to the working class; suggestive of the working class in manner of speaking, outlook, appearance, or other qualities.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the working class; suggestive of the working class in manner of speaking, outlook, appearance, or other qualities.

Example Sentences

It was a very working-class crowd on the Kop, mainly dockers and the like.

Jean-Baptiste ordered herb soup, potatoes, and cheese along with two glasses of beer — a typical working-class lunch, he said to Aimee with a smile.

We're also witnessing the passing of something even more profound - a culture of working-class masculinity that has become an anachronism in the modern world.

There is one obvious sense in which working-class politics has declined in the last twenty years or so: the proportion of working-class people involved at various levels of party politics has dropped.

Synonyms for working-class

Depending on context, synonyms include blue-collar, low-class, lower-class, propertyless.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include blue-collar, lower-class, low-class, propertyless, grassroots, grass-roots.

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