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People who are systematically oppressed do have to work harder than those who are privileged , and the positive spin is often that it builds character.
Another is the classic thing that gets thrown at Labour politicians, which is: "How can you talk about all these social things when you're from a privileged background?" Although I have a number of sort of red flags on my background that would technically make it unprivileged.
In a 2002 pamphlet they argued that pupils should be funded on an individual basis, with schools given incentives to accept those from less privileged backgrounds.
It was to their credit, you may say, that, recognising their limitations, they wanted an adviser who understood the thoughts and feelings of people less privileged than themselves.
It opens with a rallying Arthur Scargill on TV, saying the miners will, one day, be able to tell themselves: "I was proud and privileged to be part of the greatest struggle on Earth".
The IPA is allowed, however, to use its privileged tax status to encourage supporters to claim tax breaks in return for donations to fund a climate science denial book.
Moscow could grant Greece privileged import access, thereby generating revenue for struggling companies back home and allowing Tsipras to present a concrete result to his voters.
However, it approved the roles on condition that he did not draw on "privileged information" learned as a minister, and did not "personally lobby" the government for two years from his last day in office – a period that expired last month.
In a final plea to people to vote for Labour, he said: "If you do that today, then tomorrow you won't have to wake up to the news that five years of the Tories has turned into a Tory decade – a decade where only the privileged few will do well, where there will be one rule for a few and another for everyone else.
"These ones are not quite so privileged – their parents will have struggled to get them where they are, but they've ended up much the same – didn't they go to the same schools?" – Thanet "That's right, the front-row parties have gone to the same schools now – they're all Eton".
I had seen his countryman, Aravinda de Silva, make the same score at the same venue in the same way 19 years earlier – each were masterpieces of classical one-day batsmanship that I was privileged to witness and will never forget.
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The primary grammatical function of "privileged " is as an adjective , modifying nouns to describe individuals or groups who possess certain advantages or benefits not available to others. Ludwig indicates that the phrase is correct and usable in written English.
Expression frequency: Very common
