lower-class

Speech parts

1. lower-class - Noun

2. lower-class - Adjective

Meaning

occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society

the social class lowest in the social hierarchy

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

lower class

Synonyms

underclass low-class people common low poor mean ordinary masses inferior populace mob multitude herd impoverished
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Antonyms

queen marquis august prime grand gentry
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Hypernyms

class stratum social class socio-economic class

Related terms

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Examples

As a lower-class kid, I was raised to think success would be owning stuff. Having that great job, too. Now I find my parents' dream was wrong. You never really own anything. And you're never really finished as a person. Chuck Palahniuk

Life-expectancies of lower-class and upper-class [vary] ...society determines how long and in what manner the individual organism shall live... Peter L. Berger

I love how 'melodrama' is a denigrated term - a lower-class citizen to other genres. And yet that's what life is, man. Todd Haynes

Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants - the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone and prevent warfare becoming a mere lower-class brawl. Terry Pratchett

According to Russian historian Valerie A. Kivelson, witchcraft accusations were normally thrown at lower-class peasants, townspeople and Cossacks. Source: Internet

Bardock is Goku & Raditz' father and he is a lower-class Saiyan who fought bravely against Frieza and his forces. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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