proletarianism vs descent

proletarianism and descent both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
proletarianism	Yes	No	No	No
descent	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, descent is a hypernym of proletarianism; that is, descent is a word with a broader meaning than proletarianism:

proletarianism: The condition or political position of a member of the working class.
descent: properties attributable to your ancestry

Other hypernyms of proletarianism include extraction, origin.

proletarianism (noun)	descent (noun)
The condition or political position of a member of the working class.	the act of changing your location in a downward direction
	properties attributable to your ancestry
	a movement downward
	the hereditary derivation of an individual
	a downward slope or bend
	the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors