the lower classes
noun[plural]
old-fashioneduk/ˌləʊ.ə ˈklɑː.sɪz/us/ˌloʊ.ɚ ˈklæs.ɪz/thepeoplewhobelongto thesocialclassthat has thelowestpositioninsocietyand the leastmoney:
Asinflationcontinuestorise, thelowerclasseswillsuffer.
See
lower class
- People who alreadyearnedthe mostgainedmore inwagesthan thoseworkersin themiddleandlowerclasses,accordingto thereport.
- Theupperclassesdon'twantthelowerclassestosucceed.
- Because oftheirdisgustingtreatmentof thelowerclasses, theycarriedthecountrytocatastrophe.
- Inshortorder, theupperechelonsofpatronsandpriestsin thesocietylivedoff theworkof thelowerclasses.
Class & class-consciousness in general
- anti-bourgeois
- anti-snob
- arriviste
- bougie
- gentrification
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- petit bourgeois
- petty bourgeois
- pleb
- plebby
- social mobility
- the bottom of the heapidiom
- the gentry
- the petite bourgeoisie
- the upper crust
- trailer trash
- underclass
- upper class