negatively privileged

English

Adjective

negatively privileged (comparative more negatively privileged, superlative most negatively privileged)

1. (sociology) Lacking benefits or advantages in society.
   • 2016, Jason Stanley, How Propaganda Works, page 233:

     Second, one might misunderstand Weber, as well as what follows, as an attempt at a complete explanation of the failures of negatively privileged groups to act politically in their own interests.

   • 1993, Anthony Oberschall, Social Movements: Ideologies, Interests, and Identities, page 98:

     When a negatively privileged challenger faces a positively privileged target, exchange and persuasion are not likely, because the challenger has no positive inducements for the target. The initiative therefore rests with the challenger.