Underclass
noun
A lower social group in society usually with low income or less education.
He grew up in the underclass of his city, struggling to complete his education.
Often appears as...
- urban underclass
- perpetual underclass
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Disapproving
noun
A lower social group in society usually with low income or less education.
He grew up in the underclass of his city, struggling to complete his education.
Often appears as...
- urban underclass
- perpetual underclass
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Social Status
Indicates a group's lower position in social hierarchy based on wealth, education, or occupation.
Charities often focus on helping members of the underclass.
Pro Tip 2/3Socioeconomic Issues
Refers to societal challenges such as poverty and lack of access to education that affect the underclass.
The government introduced programs to support the underclass amid economic crises.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
May sometimes imply a judgment or stereotype, used carefully to avoid offense.
The term 'underclass' can have negative overtones if misused.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Status
Indicates a group's lower position in social hierarchy based on wealth, education, or occupation.
Charities often focus on helping members of the underclass.
Pro Tip 2/3Socioeconomic Issues
Refers to societal challenges such as poverty and lack of access to education that affect the underclass.
The government introduced programs to support the underclass amid economic crises.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
May sometimes imply a judgment or stereotype, used carefully to avoid offense.
The term 'underclass' can have negative overtones if misused.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Status
Indicates a group's lower position in social hierarchy based on wealth, education, or occupation.
Charities often focus on helping members of the underclass.
Pro Tip 2/3Socioeconomic Issues
Refers to societal challenges such as poverty and lack of access to education that affect the underclass.
The government introduced programs to support the underclass amid economic crises.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
May sometimes imply a judgment or stereotype, used carefully to avoid offense.
The term 'underclass' can have negative overtones if misused.
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Why nations should...
to the market town to get that information and come back, then they'd load the cart. Today they're saving half a day's labor with a two minute phone call. So this empowerment of the underclass is the real result of India being connected.
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Why nations should...
to the market town to get that information and come back, then they'd load the cart. Today they're saving half a day's labor with a two minute phone call. So this empowerment of the underclass is the real result of India being connected.
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Jane Fonda
American Actress
If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive citizens, we need to not only implement effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but we must also help those who have already given birth so that they become effective, nurturing, bonding parents.
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Andrew Neil
British Journalist
Most children of the underclass are born out of wedlock; relationships are fleeting and unstable (which ensures that what is born into the underclass stays in the underclass). This is a world in which there are almost no worthwhile male role models, which is a disaster when boys turn to youths.
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Henry Louis Gates
American Critic
It's not white versus black any more, it's haves versus have-nots. Unless the black middle-classes unite to promote the interests of the black underclass, tension between them is inevitable. What we, the black middle class have to do, is think of a strategy to avert that.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
Liberals talk about the 'income inequality' and the 'unfairness' and the disparity of the haves and the have-nots in New York City. Who has been running that city for all this time? Who has created the underclass in this country? It's the Democrat Party.
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David A. Clarke, Jr.
American Public Servant
Don't blame the police for having to deal aggressively due to underclass dysfunctional lifestyles brought on by failed liberal Democrat policies that keep blacks mired in a position of living life at the bottom.
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Stephen Moore
American Writer
The original purpose of the welfare state was to lift people into self-sufficiency, not to create a permanent underclass dependent on taxpayers.
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Ari Melber
American Journalist
Progressive bloggers should not only write on behalf of the members of America's underclass but also empower them to join the discussion.
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Eric Liu
American Writer
Throughout this country's history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass.
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Zygmunt Bauman
Polish Sociologist
This awful concept of underclass is really horrifying. You're not lower class, you are excluded - outside.
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Maxine Peake
English Actress
We still have an underclass in this country who are constantly ignored and vilified.
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Jane Fonda
American Actress
If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive citizens, we need to not only implement effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but we must also help those who have already given birth so that they become effective, nurturing, bonding parents.
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Andrew Neil
British Journalist
Most children of the underclass are born out of wedlock; relationships are fleeting and unstable (which ensures that what is born into the underclass stays in the underclass). This is a world in which there are almost no worthwhile male role models, which is a disaster when boys turn to youths.
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Henry Louis Gates
American Critic
It's not white versus black any more, it's haves versus have-nots. Unless the black middle-classes unite to promote the interests of the black underclass, tension between them is inevitable. What we, the black middle class have to do, is think of a strategy to avert that.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
Liberals talk about the 'income inequality' and the 'unfairness' and the disparity of the haves and the have-nots in New York City. Who has been running that city for all this time? Who has created the underclass in this country? It's the Democrat Party.
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David A. Clarke, Jr.
American Public Servant
Don't blame the police for having to deal aggressively due to underclass dysfunctional lifestyles brought on by failed liberal Democrat policies that keep blacks mired in a position of living life at the bottom.
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Stephen Moore
American Writer
The original purpose of the welfare state was to lift people into self-sufficiency, not to create a permanent underclass dependent on taxpayers.
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Ari Melber
American Journalist
Progressive bloggers should not only write on behalf of the members of America's underclass but also empower them to join the discussion.
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Eric Liu
American Writer
Throughout this country's history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass.
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Zygmunt Bauman
Polish Sociologist
This awful concept of underclass is really horrifying. You're not lower class, you are excluded - outside.
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Maxine Peake
English Actress
We still have an underclass in this country who are constantly ignored and vilified.
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