lower class
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈloʊər klæs/
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clase baja
- The government's new policy aims to support the lower class in obtaining better healthcare and education.
- middle and lower class
- lower-class women
She needs to stop acting like all lower class workers feel neglected.
- She needs to stop acting like all lower class workers feel neglected.
- And in fact, if you run, you are seen as lower class because wealth is time.
- The sad part is that it's mostly lower class people in America who buy them.
- I don't want to be cast as a lower class person in this racial hierarchy.
- It's it's mostly, you know, middle class and lower class people whose children are serving in these wars.
- Now a little bit later on in that very chapter, he'll talk about how Rosantamont isn't just something that the lower class has or the priests have.
- The COVID lockdowns broadly represent the largest transfer of wealth from the lower classes to the wealthier classes in recorded history.
- It's always the lower classes, the peasants, right in that time that this history stretches back far.
- So Downton Abbey has a theme, which is that the lower class is rising and we have to understand how it's rising.
- But I'm, I'm wondering, we've, we've talked about the VAT tax, does that pay for the whole thing with this increase taxes on middle or lower class people?
- And you know, it's lower class area, single mum, big family.
- Just spitting on the lower class on the floor below.
- And he begins with the science of laws, morals and religion for the lower class, the, the earlier students, right.
Examples
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It's always the lower classes, the peasants, right in that time that this history stretches back far.
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In the discussion about wealth inequality, the lower class often faces the biggest challenges in accessing resources.
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The sad part is that it's mostly lower class people in America who buy them.
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And it was like, it was the lower class, it was men and women.
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How else are us lower class supposed to get justice?
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I think they see you as like a lower class citizen.
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It's it's mostly, you know, middle class and lower class people whose children are serving in these wars.
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The majority of the subjects are white, middle to lower class, and transient.
Academic text (1990) -
Macau's class structure consists of three sectors: upper class, middle class, and lower class.
Academic text (1990) -
The total bailout tag was estimated at more than $150 billion, with the middle and lower classes paying the largest share.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
194
1.3
People who have little money or possessions
36
3.3
People who have little money or few chances
19
5.5
A group of people at the bottom of society who are poor and have few chances to improve their lives
1
7.0
People who have little money and low social status
A social group seen as the lowest class that provides work to support others
Antonyms
How Wealthy
258
4.7
15
3.4
516
2.0
69
2.8
14
2.7
- Specialized
19
5.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the social group with the lowest status' is directly derivable from combining 'lower' (comparative of 'low', indicating lesser status) with 'class' (a category of people). This is a straightforward adjective + noun composition that is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Lower class comes from the simple picture of people on the lower steps of a social ladder: the word class named a group or rank and lower shows they were at the bottom. That's why lower class means 'the group of people with the least money, education, or power'.