: of low or inferior quality or social status
a low-class neighborhood
His usual haunt seemed to be a low-class eating-house on the outskirts of the town.—
Joseph Conrad
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Dog racing had numerous enemies, including horse racing partisans who viewed it as low-class, animal welfare advocates who worried about the dogs’ wellbeing, and small businessmen who wanted bettors to spend their money at their establishments instead.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 17 Nov. 2024
Tinsley highlights that these beauty aesthetics, oftentimes coded as low-class and racialized, are in actuality impractical for hard labor and therefore should reinforce the idea of feminine ease that is not often afforded to the Black women who pioneered these styles.
—Cierra Black, Essence, 19 Apr. 2024
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 17 Nov. 2024
Tinsley highlights that these beauty aesthetics, oftentimes coded as low-class and racialized, are in actuality impractical for hard labor and therefore should reinforce the idea of feminine ease that is not often afforded to the Black women who pioneered these styles.
—Cierra Black, Essence, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Low-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-class. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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