social class

American  

noun

Sociology.

1. a broad group in society having common economic, cultural, or political status.

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Example Sentences

Not that Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff’s doomed-by-their-own-hands love affair ever needed the exposure; Brontë’s themes of obsession, revenge, social class and the supernatural are still analyzed in high school English classes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

But people experience their lives — and their history within the world — differently depending on a host of factors, including sex, race, religion, social class, educational status and where they were born.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025

He grew up seeing work as a way to catapult himself into a new social class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

By the 1920s, a few freckles and a well-placed tan line would probably mean you had moved up a social class or two, and suggested health, wealth and luxurious holidays.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025

At that time many infants died—as many as one in four or five, depending on social class and living conditions.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman