Downtrodden
Downtrodden adjective - Suffering grave abuse or injustice at the hands of one in authority.
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Poor and downtrodden are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Downtrodden".
Poor
Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Downtrodden and poor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Downtrodden" instead an adjective "Poor".
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- She likes to present herself as a benevolent savior of the poor and downtrodden, but is anything but.
Source: Names to Trust Immediately -
However, he only steals from those who can afford it and genuinely cares about the poor and downtrodden, helping them wherever possible.
Source: Comicbook / Nikolai Dante - The only really heroic trait Garrett displays is some minor sympathy towards the poor and downtrodden of the world.
Source: Heroic Neutral
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