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déclassé
dé·clas·sé D0076200 (dā′klä-sā′)adj.1. Low or lowered in class, rank, or social position.2. Characteristic of the lower classes; of low social status: "young professionals who would never stoop to anything so déclassé as packing a lunch" (Richard Powers). [French, past participle of déclasser, to lower in class : dé-, down (from Latin dē-; see de-) + classe, class; see class.]déclassé (French deklɑse) adj1. (Sociology) having lost social standing or status. Also (feminine): déclassée [C19: from French déclasser to declass]dé•clas•sé (ˌdeɪ klæˈseɪ, -klɑ-) adj. 1. reduced to a lower status, rank, or social class. 2. of a lower status, class, or rank. [1885–1890; < French, past participle of déclasser. See de-, class] ThesaurusdéclasséadjectiveLacking high station or birth:baseborn, common, declassed, humble, ignoble, lowly, mean, plebeian, unwashed, vulgar.Archaic: base.TranslationsDéclassé
Déclassé a person who has forfeited his ties with his social class and its interests but who has not joined another social class. |