precariat
precariat · precariats
прекариат
Prekariat
People suffering from precarity, especially as a social classPeople suffering from precarity, especially as a social class; people living a precarious existence, without security or predictability, especially job security.
Meaning
1 senses(collective, countable, uncountable)People suffering from precarity, especially as a social class; people living a precarious existence, without security or predictability, especially job security.
Prekariat
прекариа́тprekariát
Translations
6 languagesРусский
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By meaning 1
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Origin
Blend of precarious + proletariat, emerging from the socio-economic theories of French socBlend of precarious + proletariat, emerging from the socio-economic theories of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and popularized by economist Guy Standing in his book The Precariat (2011).
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Forms
plural: precariats| Singular | precariat |
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Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable