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plebeian
ple·be·ian P0368500 (plĭ-bē′ən)adj.1. Of or relating to the common people of ancient Rome: a plebeian magistrate.2. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of commoners.3. Unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar: plebeian tastes.n.1. One of the common people of ancient Rome.2. A member of the lower classes.3. A vulgar or coarse person.
[From Latin plēbius, from plēbs, plēb-, the common people; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]
ple·be′ian·ism n.ple·be′ian·ly adv.plebeian (pləˈbiːən) adj1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, relating to, or characteristic of the common people, esp those of Rome2. lacking refinement; vulgar: plebeian tastes. n3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) one of the common people, esp one of the Roman plebs4. a person who is coarse or lacking in discernment[C16: from Latin plēbēius belonging to the people, from plēbs the common people of ancient Rome] pleˈbeianˌism nple•be•ian (plɪˈbi ən)
adj. 1. of or pertaining to the common people. 2. of or pertaining to the ancient Roman plebs. 3. common, commonplace, or vulgar. n. 4. a member of the common people. 5. a member of the ancient Roman plebs. [1525–35; < Latin plēbēi(us) of the plebs (adj. derivative of plēbē(s) plebs) + -an1] ple•be′ian•ism, n. ple•be′ian•ly, adv. ple•be′ian•ness, n. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | plebeian - one of the common peopleplebcommon people, folk, folks - people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"common man, common person, commoner - a person who holds no titleanti-intellectual, lowbrow, philistine - a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits | | Adj. | 1. |  plebeian - of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"unwashed, vulgar, commonlowborn - of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor" |
plebeianadjective1. common, working-class, lower-class, proletarian, ignoble, lowborn a man who rose to greatness but never forgot his plebeian past
common upper-class, aristocratic, high-class, patrician, highborn2. uncultivated, mean, low, base, coarse, vulgar, unrefined, non-U (Brit. informal) He had a cockney accent and an alarmingly plebeian manner.
uncultivated polished, refined, cultivated, well-brednoun1. commoner, peasant, proletarian, common man, man in the street, pleb, prole (derogatory slang, chiefly Brit.) the history of class struggles, plebeians against patriciansplebeianadjectiveLacking high station or birth:baseborn, common, déclassé, declassed, humble, ignoble, lowly, mean, unwashed, vulgar.Archaic: base.nounThe common people.Used in plural:common (used in plural), commonality, commonalty, commoner (used in plural), crowd, hoi polloi, mass (used in plural), mob, pleb (used in plural), populace, public, ruck, third estate.Translations
plebeian
plebeian1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the common people, esp those of Rome 2. one of the common people, esp one of the Roman plebs Plebeian (1) A member of a class of free men in ancient Rome. (2) A member of the lowest and poorest stratum of the population in the cities of Western Europe during the Middle Ages. Plebeians included impoverished guildsmen; unskilled workers and day laborers outside the guild system; vagrants, beggars, and other lumpen proletarians; and some journeymen. Plebeians became an especially important element in society as feudalism declined and capitalist relations arose. In this period the number of plebeians greatly increased and protoproletarian elements among plebeians began to play an ever-increasing role. Owing to their heterogeneous social composition, the plebeians as a class behaved in various ways during social struggles. Although the lumpen-proletarian elements sometimes supported reactionary tendencies, the plebeians more often belonged to the left wing of popular movements. They were placed in an antagonistic position to the entire social system of the time by their total, or almost total, lack of property and by their difficult material circumstances. They were the main driving force in many of the urban revolts against the patriciate, the domination of the guild oligarchy, and burdensome taxation. Together with the poorest of the peasantry, the plebeians constituted the social base for movements that raised demands for egalitarian communism; these demands were put forth by leftwing Czech Taborites, the Anabaptists, and T. Münzer. The plebeians and peasants made up force that secured victory for the bourgeoisie in the early bourgeois revolutions. REFERENCESEngels, F. “Krest’ianskaia voina ν Germanii.” In K. Marx and F. Engels, Soch, 2nd ed., vol. 7.Plebeian
PLEBEIAN. One who is classed among the common people, as distinguished from the nobles. Happily in this country the order of nobles does not exist. plebeian
Synonyms for plebeianadj commonSynonyms- common
- working-class
- lower-class
- proletarian
- ignoble
- lowborn
Antonyms- upper-class
- aristocratic
- high-class
- patrician
- highborn
adj uncultivatedSynonyms- uncultivated
- mean
- low
- base
- coarse
- vulgar
- unrefined
- non-U
Antonyms- polished
- refined
- cultivated
- well-bred
noun commonerSynonyms- commoner
- peasant
- proletarian
- common man
- man in the street
- pleb
- prole
Synonyms for plebeianadj lacking high station or birthSynonyms- baseborn
- common
- déclassé
- declassed
- humble
- ignoble
- lowly
- mean
- unwashed
- vulgar
- base
noun the common peopleSynonyms- common
- commonality
- commonalty
- commoner
- crowd
- hoi polloi
- mass
- mob
- pleb
- populace
- public
- ruck
- third estate
Synonyms for plebeiannoun one of the common peopleSynonymsRelated Words- common people
- folk
- folks
- common man
- common person
- commoner
- anti-intellectual
- lowbrow
- philistine
adj of or associated with the great masses of peopleSynonymsRelated Words |