Lower class
Lower class noun - The social class lowest in the social hierarchy.
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Synonyms for Lower class
Public and lower class are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Public" instead a noun phrase "Lower class".
Public
Public noun - Human beings in general.
Lower class and public are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lower class" instead a noun "Public".
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- Note, too, that it cuts both ways in that tradition; the upper class characters heaped public, physical, verbal abuse on the lower, while the lower class replied with secretive practical jokes, snarky replies, sotto voce backtalk, and conspiring to manipulate events to their own favour.
Source: No Hero to His Valet -
However, the decreases to research, economic development, and lower class public order are very bad for the middle game, and the lack of any mechanism besides firing one minister per turn, makes it harder to get rid of a bad government.
Source: Video Game / Empire: Total War
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