overprivileged
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- adjective
- /ˌoʊvərˈprɪvəlɪdʒd/
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privilegiado
- ("We're oversexed and overprivileged," Max once said.)
- a bunch of overprivileged
Examples
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From what I have seen in literature, in documentaries, and current affairs type programs (even though these are media), I cannot see how black women are any different from any other overprivileged woman on this planet.
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DCUM forum has a lot more than fights about, "which status stroller is right for our overprivileged progeny?"
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You know, it's about time someone started punishing these overprivileged, overprotected little kids from Park Slope.
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Well... ...the reflections of an overprivileged and unattended 13 year old... ...have no bearing on the business I'm in town for.
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By spoiled, overprivileged teenagers who, if this movie were a slasher flick of the 80s, would have been picked off one by one during the course of the movie.
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Some radical intellectuals in the West, as well as in Asia and the Middle East, now blame Rushdie for bringing on himself the punishment his own novels heap on overprivileged little rich boys.
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Others think he was just an overprivileged spoiled brat who didn't appreciate his expensive education and wasn't appropriately deferential to his rocket scientist father.
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He and his comrades displaced the elected government and imposed what could only be described as the dress rehearsal for the neoliberal agenda that would transform the world from the 1980s onward: austerity for the masses and largesse for the overprivileged.
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Many people believe that overprivileged students often lack appreciation for hard work.
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The charity aims to support underprivileged communities rather than help the overprivileged.
Synonyms
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Having special rights or advantages that others do not have
Antonyms
How Privileged
Surface Forms
Morphology
overprivileged = privileged (transparent) = over + privilege + ed
Meaning is directly derived from 'privileged' with the productive prefix 'over-' indicating excess, matching the social sense.
Etymology
Overprivileged comes from over- meaning 'too much' and privilege meaning 'a special advantage'. So, overprivileged describes people who have more advantages than others, often more than is fair.