Precariat
noun
A group of people who have little job security and few work benefits.
Many people in the gig economy form a part of the precariat.
Often appears as...
- the growing precariat
- members of the precariat
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
noun
A group of people who have little job security and few work benefits.
Many people in the gig economy form a part of the precariat.
Often appears as...
- the growing precariat
- members of the precariat
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Job Instability
The term 'precariat' emphasizes uncertainty in employment status and income.
He joined the ranks of the precariat, never knowing if he'll have work next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Concern
'Precariat' is particularly relevant today due to the rise of short-term contracts and gig work.
The precariat is expanding with more freelancers and contract workers in the economy.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Class
The word often refers to a new, insecure social class affected by globalization and economic changes.
Politicians are debating laws to protect the precariat from further economic hardships.
Pro Tip 1/3Job Instability
The term 'precariat' emphasizes uncertainty in employment status and income.
He joined the ranks of the precariat, never knowing if he'll have work next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Concern
'Precariat' is particularly relevant today due to the rise of short-term contracts and gig work.
The precariat is expanding with more freelancers and contract workers in the economy.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Class
The word often refers to a new, insecure social class affected by globalization and economic changes.
Politicians are debating laws to protect the precariat from further economic hardships.
Pro Tip 1/3Job Instability
The term 'precariat' emphasizes uncertainty in employment status and income.
He joined the ranks of the precariat, never knowing if he'll have work next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Concern
'Precariat' is particularly relevant today due to the rise of short-term contracts and gig work.
The precariat is expanding with more freelancers and contract workers in the economy.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Class
The word often refers to a new, insecure social class affected by globalization and economic changes.
Politicians are debating laws to protect the precariat from further economic hardships.
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Quote examples
Guy Standing
English Actor
The precariat consists of a growing proportion of our total society. It is being habituated to accept a life of unstable labour and unstable living. Often they're unable to say what their occupation is, because what they're doing now might be quite different from what they were doing three months ago.
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Guy Standing
English Actor
In financial affairs and dealings with the state, those in the precariat are disadvantaged since they are usually less well-informed and have to do much more to satisfy demands made on them if they want to gain meagre state benefits.
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Guy Standing
English Actor
Politicians seem desperate to appeal to their respective versions of the so called 'middle class,' unable to empathise with the precariat and eager to dream up fresh and tougher sanctions against society's wounded.
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Guy Standing
English Actor
The precariat has been losing cultural rights in that those in it feel they cannot and do not belong to any community that gives them secure identity or a sense of solidarity and reciprocity, of mutual support.
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Guy Standing
English Actor
The precariat can be divided into three further groups - atavists, who look back to a lost past; nostalgics, who look forlornly for a present, a home; and progressives, who look for a lost future.
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Guy Standing
English Actor
A multi-tier social protection system must be based on a modest basic income so as to enable the precariat to build lives involving a balance of different types of work, not just labour in jobs.
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Guy Standing
English Actor
Capital is taxed much less than labour; subsidies going to capital, the rich, and middle-income earners greatly exceed the benefits going to the precariat and underclass.
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Guy Standing
English Actor
Retraining for the precariat is stressful and demoralising; often, they learn new tricks only to find them obsolescent or unwanted.
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Guy Standing
English Actor
The precariat is the first class in history to be losing acquired rights - cultural, civil, social, economic, and political.
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Guy Standing
English Actor
Many in the precariat know they have to spend considerable time just waiting for opportunities to arise.
Quote examples
Guy Standing
English Actor
The precariat consists of a growing proportion of our total society. It is being habituated to accept a life of unstable labour and unstable living. Often they're unable to say what their occupation is, because what they're doing now might be quite different from what they were doing three months ago.
Quote examples
Guy Standing
English Actor
In financial affairs and dealings with the state, those in the precariat are disadvantaged since they are usually less well-informed and have to do much more to satisfy demands made on them if they want to gain meagre state benefits.
Quote examples
Guy Standing
English Actor
Politicians seem desperate to appeal to their respective versions of the so called 'middle class,' unable to empathise with the precariat and eager to dream up fresh and tougher sanctions against society's wounded.
Quote examples
Guy Standing
English Actor
The precariat has been losing cultural rights in that those in it feel they cannot and do not belong to any community that gives them secure identity or a sense of solidarity and reciprocity, of mutual support.
Quote examples
Guy Standing
English Actor
The precariat can be divided into three further groups - atavists, who look back to a lost past; nostalgics, who look forlornly for a present, a home; and progressives, who look for a lost future.
Quote examples
Guy Standing
English Actor
A multi-tier social protection system must be based on a modest basic income so as to enable the precariat to build lives involving a balance of different types of work, not just labour in jobs.
Quote examples
Guy Standing
English Actor
Capital is taxed much less than labour; subsidies going to capital, the rich, and middle-income earners greatly exceed the benefits going to the precariat and underclass.
Quote examples
Guy Standing
English Actor
Retraining for the precariat is stressful and demoralising; often, they learn new tricks only to find them obsolescent or unwanted.
Quote examples
Guy Standing
English Actor
The precariat is the first class in history to be losing acquired rights - cultural, civil, social, economic, and political.
Quote examples
Guy Standing
English Actor
Many in the precariat know they have to spend considerable time just waiting for opportunities to arise.
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