Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Marxism, neologism, singular, singular only)A proletarian class who perform repetitive, unskilled, and low-paid digital labour (such as moderating online platforms or click farming).

Translations

2 languages

Origin

Blend of cyber- + proletariat. Coined by researcher Ursula Huws in a 2000 essay (see quota

Blend of cyber- + proletariat. Coined by researcher Ursula Huws in a 2000 essay (see quotation below).

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Forms

plural: cybertariats
Singularcybertariat
Pluralcybertariats

regular

Word family

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See also

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