class structure

Cultural  

1. The hierarchical organization by which a society or community is divided into class es. The vast majority of the population of the United States considers itself as belonging to the middle class. In Marxism, class structure is organized into the bourgeoisie and the proletariat (see also proletariat).

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Example Sentences

Dying civilizations whose cruel class structures eventually lead to revolution form the basis of so many science-fiction plots that it’s difficult to find a truly unusual take.

From The Wall Street Journal

Critiques of British class structure and bad actors within the police department are raised high enough to be impossible to miss.

From Los Angeles Times

Paramount’s dual class structure also complicates any deal scenario that would involve investors who own publicly traded shares.

From Los Angeles Times

A place, Americans like to believe, where everyone can create their own opportunities in a society free of the class structures that still exist in Britain.

From BBC

Ambjörn retooled the premise, choosing to tell a queer coming-of-age story that is also an examination of the social class structure and enduring institutional power of the monarchy in Sweden.

From Los Angeles Times

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