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单词 unpropertied
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unpropertiedadj.n.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈprɒpətɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈprɑpərdid/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, propertied adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + propertied adj.
A. adj.
Of a person or (esp.) a group or class of people: that does not own property, esp. land or buildings.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > having no possessions
goodlessc1225
catelles1362
unpropertied1767
propertyless1822
possessionless1873
1767 Trial England’s Cicero iii. 21 Is it because we are unpropertied, that they dare to abuse us in so atrocious a manner?
1836 Sheffield Independent 15 Oct. It is worse than mockery to talk of the prosperity of an unpropertied people.
1886 W. Graham Social Probl. 335 Since under it there is no safety for the unpropertied man.
1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island xv. 200 The unpropertied classes don't have much say in it.
2013 Independent (Nexis) 12 Jan. 38 We are in danger of returning to a Victorian social structure, in which a large unpropertied class is forced to rent its homes from a small class of landowners.
B. n.
With the and plural agreement. Unpropertied people as a class.
ΚΠ
1793 A. Seward Let. 25 Apr. (1811) III. 217 The protecting influence of represented property, extending to the unpropertied.
1888 W. H. Dawson German Socialism & Ferdinand Lassalle ii. 54 Modern Socialism, Engels tells us in his critique of Dühring, is the result of the opposition of classes, the propertied and the unpropertied.
1930 W. J. Warner Wesleyan Movement in Industr. Revol. i. 9 In civic affairs the unpropertied were but the mute dependents upon what those in authority might do for them.
1993 C. Hill Eng. Bible & 17th-cent. Revol. (1994) 446 The state was more ruthlessly enforcing the rights of property against the unpropertied.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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