underclassn.

Brit.

/ˈʌndəklɑːs/,

/ˈʌndəklas/, U.S.

/ˈəndərˌklæs/

Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2b(b).

A subordinate social class; spec. [ < Swedish underklass] the lowest social stratum in a country or community, consisting of the poor and the unemployed.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun]

laga1616

raff1673

Panchama Bandham1800

lower working class1824

proletariat1852

mudsill1858

netherworld1889

underworld1899

subproletariat1918

underclass1918

lumpenproletariat1924

Fifth Estate1966

Fourth World1976

1918 J. Maclean in ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Company I've Kept (1966) iv. 124 The whole history of Society has proved that Society moves forward as a consequence of an under-class overcoming the resistance of a class on top of them.

1963 G. Myrdal Challenge to Affluence iii. 40 Less often observed..is the tendency of the changes under way to trap an ‘underclass’ of unemployed and, gradually, unemployable persons and families at the bottom of a society.

1964 Observer 12 Jan. 10/7 The Negro's protest today is but the first rumbling of the ‘underclass’.

1966 New Statesman 19 Aug. 247/2 The national economic growth has been bought at the expense of industrial workers and the poor (largely Negro) under-class.

1977 D. M. Smith Human Geogr. x. 299 While in South Africa the black proletariat is large enough radically to change society on its own, the American under-class is in a minority and has much less potential power.

1981 D. G. Glasgow (title) The Black underclass: poverty, unemployment and entrapment in ghetto youth.

1981 New Statesman 17 July 14 Many people…have warned of trouble if we went on creating a permanent underclass, and typing it by colour.

1982 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Aug. 15/2 The distinctive feature of any under~class is that its members do not conform to the conduct expected of the poor.

1985 Times 11 Jan. 5/1 Modern Britain is fostering an underclass of unemployed and unskilled workers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	underclass
释义	underclassn. Brit. /ˈʌndəklɑːs/, /ˈʌndəklas/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌklæs/ Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2b(b). A subordinate social class; spec. [ < Swedish underklass] the lowest social stratum in a country or community, consisting of the poor and the unemployed. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] laga1616 raff1673 Panchama Bandham1800 lower working class1824 proletariat1852 mudsill1858 netherworld1889 underworld1899 subproletariat1918 underclass1918 lumpenproletariat1924 Fifth Estate1966 Fourth World1976 1918 J. Maclean in ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Company I've Kept (1966) iv. 124 The whole history of Society has proved that Society moves forward as a consequence of an under-class overcoming the resistance of a class on top of them. 1963 G. Myrdal Challenge to Affluence iii. 40 Less often observed..is the tendency of the changes under way to trap an ‘underclass’ of unemployed and, gradually, unemployable persons and families at the bottom of a society. 1964 Observer 12 Jan. 10/7 The Negro's protest today is but the first rumbling of the ‘underclass’. 1966 New Statesman 19 Aug. 247/2 The national economic growth has been bought at the expense of industrial workers and the poor (largely Negro) under-class. 1977 D. M. Smith Human Geogr. x. 299 While in South Africa the black proletariat is large enough radically to change society on its own, the American under-class is in a minority and has much less potential power. 1981 D. G. Glasgow (title) The Black underclass: poverty, unemployment and entrapment in ghetto youth. 1981 New Statesman 17 July 14 Many people…have warned of trouble if we went on creating a permanent underclass, and typing it by colour. 1982 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Aug. 15/2 The distinctive feature of any under~class is that its members do not conform to the conduct expected of the poor. 1985 Times 11 Jan. 5/1 Modern Britain is fostering an underclass of unemployed and unskilled workers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1918
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