Related Words for subalterns

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WordSyllablesCategories
subordinate
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Noun, Adjective
junior
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Adjective, Noun
lower
/x
Noun, Noun
secondary
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Noun, Noun
inferior
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Noun, Noun, Adjective
petty
/x
Adjective, Noun
lowly
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
underlings
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Noun
underclass
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Noun
proletarians
xx/xx
Noun
peasants
/x
Noun
lower class
/x/
Phrase, Noun
subversives
x/x
Noun
underprivileged
/x/x
Noun
peasantry
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Noun
subnormal
//x
Adjective
proletariat
xx/xx
Noun
subjugated
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Adjective
downtrodden
x/x
Noun
slaves
/
Noun
marginality
/x/xx
Noun
conscripts
/x
Noun
marginalized
/xxx
Verb
serfs
/
Noun
subthreshold
//x
Noun
plebeians
x/x
Noun
commoners
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Noun
subnational
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Adjective
subcultures
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Noun
disenfranchised
xx/x
Adjective
civilians
x/x
Noun
subpopulation
xxx/x
Noun
functionaries
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Noun
substandard
x/x
Adjective
minorities
x/xx
Noun
lackeys
/x
Noun
cannon fodder
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
noncombatants
xx/x
Noun
illiterates
x/xx
Noun
dissidents
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Noun
servility
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Noun
servants
/x
Noun
laborers
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Noun
subcontracted
x/xx
Adjective
subjunctive
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Noun
servitude
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Noun
substitutes
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Noun
bureaucrats
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Noun
guerrillas
x/x
Noun
subgroup
/x
Noun
superiors
x/xx
Noun
disadvantaged
xx/x
Adjective
subassemblies
xx/x
Noun
disempowered
xx/x
Adjective
subunits
xxx
Noun
disempowerment
xx/xx
Noun
defectors
x/x
Noun
impoverished
x/x
Adjective
small fry
//
Phrase, Noun
corporals
/x
Noun
assistants
x/x
Noun
supervisors
xx/x
Noun
levellers
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Noun
adjuncts
/x
Noun
oppressed
x/
Adjective
underemployed
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Adjective
the masses
x/x
Phrase, Adjective
insurgents
x/x
Noun
oppressors
x/x
Noun
negroes
/x
Noun
primitives
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Noun
social class
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Name, Name
dehumanized
x/xx
Verb
communists
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Noun
individuals
xx/xx
Noun
courtiers
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Noun
revolutionaries
xx/xxx
Noun
prisoners
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Noun
noncommissioned
/x/x
Adjective
commissars
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Noun
poverty
/xx
Noun
subcortical
x/xx
Adjective
suboptimal
xxxx
Adjective
the people
x/x
Phrase, Adjective
subsisting
x/x
Verb
dispossessed
xx/
Verb
working class
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
postcolonial
/x/xx
Noun
interns
/x
Noun
underpaid
/x/
Adjective
servicemen
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Noun
socioeconomic
xxxxx/x
Adjective
sergeants
/x
Noun
soldiers
/x
Noun
deserters
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Noun
foreigners
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Noun
human beings
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
vagrants
/x
Noun
underrepresented
xxxx/x
Adjective
indigenes
x/x
Noun
deprivations
xx/x
Noun
disaffected
xx/x
Adjective
apprentices
x/xx
Noun
campesinos
xx/x
Noun
leftists
/x
Noun
subsets
/x
Noun
inhabitants
x/xx
Noun
minors
/x
Noun
guerillas
x/x
Noun
employees
x/x
Noun
artistes
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Noun
barristers
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Noun
cadets
x/
Noun
captains
/x
Noun
clerks
/
Noun
colonels
/x
Noun
comrades
/x
Noun
constables
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Noun
detectives
x/x
Noun
doctors
/x
Noun
instructors
x/x
Noun
lecturers
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Noun
lieutenants
x/x
Noun
officers
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Noun
reporters
x/x
Noun
teachers
/x
Noun