negatively privileged
negatively privileged adjective: lacking benefits or advantages in society.
Adjective
negatively privileged (comparative more negatively privileged, superlative most negatively privileged)
- Lacking benefits or advantages in society.
- Second, one might misunderstand Weber, as well as what follows, as an attempt at a complete explanation of the failures of negatively privileged groups to act politically in their own interests.2016, Jason Stanley, How Propaganda Works, page 233
- When a negatively privileged challenger faces a positively privileged target, exchange and persuasion are not likely, because the challenger has no positive inducements for the target. The initiative therefore rests with the challenger.1993, Anthony Oberschall, Social Movements: Ideologies, Interests, and Identities, page 98
Forms of negatively privileged
| comparative | more negatively privileged |
|---|---|
| superlative | most negatively privileged |
Questions about negatively privileged
- What does negatively privileged mean?
- Negatively privileged means lacking benefits or advantages in society.
- What part of speech is negatively privileged?
- Negatively privileged is an adjective.
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