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overclass

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[oh-ver-klas, -klahs] / ˈoʊ vərˌklæs, -ˌklɑs /

noun

  1. a social stratum consisting of educated and wealthy people considered to control the economic power of a country.


Etymology

Origin of overclass

1990–95


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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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