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Underclass

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Underclass"

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Word	Definition
underprivilegednoun	A deprived person; deprived people (normally used as a plural).
subclassnoun	A secondary class within a main class.
excluded	Kept out; not permitted to enter or be a part; shunned.
lower classnoun	A class of people in a society characterized by low incomes, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status.
underclassernoun	A member of an underclass
proletariatnoun	(Marxism) Wage earners collectively; people who own no capital and depend on their labour for survival; the working class, especially when seen as engaged in a class struggle with the bourgeoisie (“the capital-owning class”).
lower ordersnoun	(UK, dated, derogatory) The lower classes in society.
proletariatenoun	Alternative spelling of proletariat. [(often derogatory, also figuratively) The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.]
abject	Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
underclasspersonnoun	An underclassman of any gender.
plebnoun	A commoner; a member of the lower class of a society.
underpersonnoun	A person of low status.
crowdnoun	A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
lumpenproletariatnoun	A social underclass; the riffraff.
snobnoun	(informal, derogatory) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes.
lumpenbourgeoisienoun	(Marxism) A middle or upper class that supports colonial masters and has little collective self-awareness or economic base.
underkindnoun	A subordinate or inferior kind or class.
underlingnoun	A subordinate, or person of lesser rank or authority.
rabblenoun	A mob; a disorderly crowd.
wrong side of the tracksnoun	(idiomatic) The part of town that is not inhabited by the wealthy. An area where the working class, poor or extremely poor live.