# precariat

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. People suffering from precarity, especially as a social class; people living a precarious existence, without security or predictability, especially job security.

## Etymology
Blend 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).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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