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• upper-lower-class — adjective occupying the upper part of the lower class (Freq. 1) • Similar to: ↑lower class, ↑low class …   Useful english dictionary

• lower-class — adjective occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑low class • Ant: ↑middle class, ↑upper class • Similar to: ↑non U, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Upper middle class — The upper middle class is a sociological concept referring to the social group constituted by higher status members of the middle class. This is in contrast to the term lower middle class used for the group at the other end of the middle class… …   Wikipedia

• lower class — UK US adjective ► POLITICS, ECONOMICS belonging or relating to a social group who are poor and usually do not have a very high level of education: »He claims his flat tax proposal would help middle class and lower class Americans. »She described… …   Financial and business terms

• lower-class — UK US adjective ► POLITICS, ECONOMICS belonging or relating to a social group who are poor and usually do not have a very high level of education: »He claims his flat tax proposal would help middle class and lower class Americans. »She described… …   Financial and business terms

• lower class — n also lower classes [plural] old fashioned the social class that has less money, power, or education than anyone else. This is now considered offensive →↑working class, middle class ↑middle class, upper class ↑upper class >lower class adj …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• lower-class — adj. same as {low class}. Contrasted with {middle class} and {upper class}. Syn: low class. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lower class — noun people who have the lowest social status ─ compare MIDDLE CLASS, UPPER CLASS, WORKING CLASS …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Upper middle class in the United States — The upper middle class is a sociological concept referring to the social group constituted by higher status members of the middle class. This is in contrast to the term lower middle class used for the group at the other end of the middle class… …   Wikipedia

• lower-class vs middle-class vs upper-class low-class — non U on U (n[o^]n*[=u] ), adj. Not characteristic of the upper classes especially in language use. [Chiefly British] [Narrower terms: {lower class (vs. middle class) (vs. upper class), low class}] Syn: vulgar. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lower class — noun the social class lowest in the social hierarchy (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑underclass • Hypernyms: ↑class, ↑stratum, ↑social class, ↑socio economic class * * * noun, pl ⋯ classes [count] …   Useful english dictionary