Defenition of the word underclass

• Defenition of the word underclass

  • A class of people in a society characterized by low income, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status.
  • belonging to the lowest and least privileged social stratum; "underclass mothers and children"
  • the social class lowest in the social hierarchy
  • belonging to the lowest and least privileged social stratum

Similar words in the underclass

• • underprivileged

Hypernyms for the word underclass

• • class
  • social class
  • socio-economic class
  • stratum

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