The lowest societal stratum, usually composed of the disadvantaged: “Divorced women and their children are becoming a new underclass” (Barbara Fisher Williamson).
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The lowest societal stratum, usually composed of the disadvantaged: “Divorced women and their children are becoming a new underclass” (Barbara Fisher Williamson).
Economically disadvantaged people in a society. The underclass are economically deprived for a wide variety of sociological reasons.
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
belonging to the lowest and least privileged social stratum
Dansk (Danish)
n. - underklasse
Nederlands (Dutch)
eerste- en tweedejaars studenten, laagste klasse, zwaksten (in de samenleving)
Français (French)
n. - sous-prolétariat
Deutsch (German)
n. - Unterklasse
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κατώτατη κοινωνική τάξη, κοινωνικό περιθώριο
Italiano (Italian)
sottoproletariato
Português (Portuguese)
n. - classe (f) inferior
Русский (Russian)
низшие слои общества, студенты первого или второго курса
Español (Spanish)
n. - (estudiantes de) los dos primeros años de la universidad
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - underklass
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
一、二年级学生, 下层阶级
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 一﹑二年級學生, 下層階級
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 下層階級, 下層社会
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) الطبقات السفلى
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - המעמד התחתון
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