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plebeian

(pləbiːən ) also plebian

1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

A person, especially one from an earlier period of history, who is plebeian comes from a low social class.

In the 1790s Tom Paine taught plebeian radicals that mankind would live in harmony were it not for the vested interest which princes, diplomats and soldiers had in promoting wars to enrich themselves.

2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

If someone describes something as plebeian, they think that it is unsophisticated and connected with or typical of people from a low social class. [formal, disapproval]

...a philosophy professor with a cockney accent and an alarmingly plebeian manner.

Synonyms: uncultivated, mean, low, base

单词	plebeian
释义	plebeian (pləbiːən ) also plebian 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A person, especially one from an earlier period of history, who is plebeian comes from a low social class. In the 1790s Tom Paine taught plebeian radicals that mankind would live in harmony were it not for the vested interest which princes, diplomats and soldiers had in promoting wars to enrich themselves. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If someone describes something as plebeian, they think that it is unsophisticated and connected with or typical of people from a low social class. [formal, disapproval] ...a philosophy professor with a cockney accent and an alarmingly plebeian manner. Synonyms: uncultivated, mean, low, base
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