overclass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of overclass
1990–95
Example Sentences
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Your protagonist is a mercenary named V, hailing from one of three possible backgrounds: 2077’s small corporate overclass, Night City’s teeming slums, or the nomadic groups outside the city.
From The Verge ● Dec. 7, 2020
They became, or at least mixed with, the overclass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2020
It is a minority viewpoint within overclass circles in the US and Europe.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2020
“The university-credentialed overclass contains moderately paid schoolteachers and store managers as well as wealthy corporate lawyers and billionaire entrepreneurs,” he writes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2020
The 1930s birthed two great agrarian novels: Gone With the Wind from the viewpoint of the overclass, The Grapes of Wrath for the underclass.
From Time ● Jan. 24, 2015
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