Definition of Lower class

1. Noun. The social class lowest in the social hierarchy.

Exact synonyms: Underclass
Generic synonyms: Class, Social Class, Socio-economic Class, Stratum

Definition of Lower class

1. Noun. 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lower Class

lower-ranking
lower 48
lower GI series
lower abdominal periosteal reflex
lower airway
lower alveolar point
lower back
lower berth
lower body negative pressure
lower bound
lower cannon
lower case
lower chamber
lower chambers
lower court
lower criticism
lower deck
lower esophageal sphincter
lower extremes
lower extremity
lower eyelid
lower heating value
lower house
lower houses
lower hybrid waves
lower ivy
lower jaw

Literary usage of Lower class

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Introduction to the Theory of Fourier's Series and Integrals by Horatio Scott Carslaw (1921)
"Also every number in the lower class is less than every number in the upper. The lower class has n0 greatest number and the upper class has no smallest ..."

2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... and in 1845 he published twelve very useful ' Letters on the Unhealthy Condition of the lower class of Dwellings,' founded on the official reports ..."

3. The Bookman (1915)
"Browning is praised by the middle class not because he is admired by the upper class but because he is not admired by the lower class. ..."

4. Sunshine and shadow in New York by Matthew Hale Smith (1869)
"JEWS OF THE lower class. Portions of the city on the east side are wholly ... The lower class of this people are foreigners, and fraud is their capital. ..."

5. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"... race qualities with the independent tone of pert familiarity, the careless extravagance, and the passion for dress of Amerian girls of the lower class. ..."

6. The Popular Science Monthly (1878)
"But the civilization of that immense majority who have not £5000 a year, or £500, or | even £100, of our middle and lower class, seems to him too deplorable ..."

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