proles

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This level of self-regard in a writer and thinker as justifiably exalted as Smith may explain why our nation is turning on reading: aristocracies breed resentment among the proles.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

In the Roman Empire, the games at the Circus Maximus were an amusement and a distraction, a token to the proles as a substitute for being able to exercise any political power.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025

In George Orwell’s “1984,” the proles are spared a life of constant surveillance, while higher-ranking members of society are exposed to Big Brother’s watchful eye.

From New York Times • May 9, 2017

"Ta", in other words, is the go-to informality for poshos making nice to those they suspect to be proles but whom they want on side for reasons too boring to get into.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2013

But the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no need to conspire.

From "1984" by George Orwell