proletarian

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Red is one of those colors that’s both aspirational and proletarian at the same time.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024

Their devotion to Slowick meanwhile, hovers between that of a proletarian army in revolt against its oppressors and the legions of the undead commanded by figures of aristocratic despotism such as Dracula.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2022

“In its often tearful compassion, its eloquent rage and its vengeful delight in proletarian snook-cocking, ‘Oh Happy Day’ deserves to be called Dickensian,” wrote literary scholar Peter Conrad, reviewing the book for Britain’s Observer newspaper.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2022

The social critic Mike Davis once called these “stealth houses” that hide their “luxurious qualities with proletarian or gangster facades.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2022

Ana Diaz, a student who, like Miguel, wore the insignia of the raised fist, observed that only rich women suffer from such pains; proletarian women do not complain even when they give birth.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende