privileged group
Those with advantages
A privileged group is a category of people who benefit from systemic advantages in a society—often through greater access to resources, opportunities, or favorable treatment.
The privileges may be based on race, class, gender, sexuality, or other characteristics: As a privileged group, they rarely questioned the systems that benefited them.
Members of privileged groups may be unaware of advantages they take for granted.
- eliteSuperior select group
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- velvet ropeLuxurious crowd-control barrier
- wealthyHaving abundant financial resources
- white collarOffice worker category
aristocracy · upper-class · insiders · entitled · powerful · connected · influential · trust fund · country club set · gated · nepotism · access · fast track · advantage · birthright · legacy admission · inherited · protected
privileged groupmarginalized group
Population facing systemic exclusion
underclass · subaltern · outcasts · second-class citizens · lower class
privileged groupmarginalized community
Group facing systemic exclusion
stigmatized group · minority group · out-group · disinherited
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