social class

American  

noun

Sociology.

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

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Example Sentences

Still, large portions of all social classes remain united in their disdain for this regime.

From The Wall Street Journal

Through invented details of clothing, Ms. Ng points out, Gainsborough could “subvert the rigid rules of British social class,” elevating sitters into gentility.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nevertheless, this man, grown out of Flea Bottom’s gutters, appropriates the tradition by holding his vows as a representation of lived reality, rather than as a mere ritual or badge of social class.

From Salon

At the time, Iranians across social classes and political divides, inside and outside the country, united under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a departure from an older generation of private clubs, Core prized accomplishment, ambition and talent over inherited social class.

From The Wall Street Journal