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social class

American  

noun

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


Example Sentences

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Social class is a key prism through which to reflect on Prescott’s career, politics and life.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

Social class of schools and families was an underlying factor in many of these dynamics.

From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024

Social class, economic disparity, power, loyalty and petty jealousies play out with a fury that comes from being imprisoned by circumstance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2014

Social class essentialism entails belief in economic survival of the fittest as a fact.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2014

Social class, once so easily assessed by the car in the driveway or the purse on the arm, has become harder to see in the things Americans buy.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times