🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

노동계급

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nodonggyegeup

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Working-Class/ˈwɜːrkɪŋ klæs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"노동계급은 더 나은 근무 조건을 요구하기 위해 단결했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A social class consisting of people who are employed for wages, especially in manual or industrial work.

    "The working-class community rallied together to demand better wages and working conditions."
  2. 2

    Individuals or families who rely on wage labor for their livelihood, often characterized by lower income and limited access to resources.

    "Many working-class families struggle to afford housing in urban areas."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'working-class' originated in the early 19th century during the Industrial Revolution, referring to the social class of people engaged in manual labor or industrial work. It combines 'working', from the Old English 'weorc', meaning labor, and 'class', from the Latin 'classis', denoting a group or category.

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