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What (who) is lower-class - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Lower-class; Lower class (disambiguation); Low Class; Lower-Class
lower class
also lower-class
(lower classes)
Some people use the lower class or the lower classes to refer to the division of society that they consider to have the lowest social status.
Education now offers the lower classes access to job opportunities...
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Lower class is also an adjective.
...lower-class families...
ADJ
lower-class
see lower class
lower class
¦ noun (also lower classes) the working class.
¦ adjective relating to the lower class.
Wikipedia
Lower class
Lower class may refer to:
- Lower social class, those at or near the bottom of the socio-economic hierarchy; also known as the underclass, and may include many of those at the bottom of the working class
- American lower class, more specifically, the lower class in the United States
- Lower middle class, a sub-division of the middle class, just above the lower class
- Working class, those employed in blue collar, pink collar, and manual jobs; may encompass the lower class and the lower middle class
- Proletariat, the class of wage-earners in a capitalist society whose main material value is their labour-power; encompasses the working class and the underclass
Examples of use of lower-class
1. They were middle–class and lower–class housewives."
2. The neighborhood is populated by middle– and lower–class residents.
3. "They see the lower class as a threat to their power," Moeletsi Mbeki said.
4. "The public is accustomed to riotous behavior from black people in lower–class neighborhoods," he said.
5. Most of those who left the middle class – 56 percent – slid into the lower class.