class-conscious
aware of belonging to a particular social rank or grade, esp in being hostile or proud because of class distinctions
Derived forms of class-conscious
- class-consciousness, noun
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How to use class-conscious in a sentence
This class-conscious novel with a feminist heroine looks better the older it gets.
In the Trade Union movement which was spreading over the world, he believed he saw this development of class-conscious labour.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsThat must surely be idealistic which is "saturated with class-conscious socialism."
The I.W.W. | Paul Frederick BrissendenThe class-conscious workingman knows that present industrial conditions compel woman to enter into competition with man.
Woman and Socialism | August BebelThe centralised Unions undoubtedly owe their origin chiefly to the Social Democratic exertions, and are strongly class-conscious.
Women in Modern Industry | B. L. Hutchins
Sometimes he was moved to song, and unearthly fragments of "class-conscious we are" or "Proley Tarians, arise!"
Huntingtower | John Buchan
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