Propertyless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Propertyless is an adjective meaning Without property—things owned.
Meaning
Without property—things owned.
More Meanings
- Having no properties—attributes or abstract qualities associated with an object.
Example Sentences
How is it, then, that they are obliged to remain homeless, landless, propertyless, resourceless?
For the greatest lunacy of all is that not one of them can see the smallest reason why any human being should be allowed to live unless in addition to supporting himself he can produce a privately appropriable profit for a shareholder or a rent for a landlord. Why, they argue, should anyone organize the work of propertyless men merely to produce their own food?
Synonyms for propertyless
Depending on context, synonyms include proletarian, low-class, lower-class, blue-collar, working-class.
Antonyms for propertyless
Common opposites include plebeian, patrician.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include low-class, lower-class, working-class, proletarian, blue-collar, possessionless.
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