underprivilege

noun

underprivilege

noun

Etymology From under- + privilege.

1

A lack of opportunities or advantages enjoyed by others.

  • 2021, 23 June, The Daily Telegraph (p. 19): David Goodhart, Has wokeism crushed the working class? Not that our poorest white groups would claim to feel any such privilege. Indeed, the simple fact of their underprivilege and how bad they are doing is being ignored by the national conversation […]

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