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Meanings of social class in English

Portuguese
classe
Catalan
classe
Spanish
clase

People having the same social, economic, or educational status.

classe
Synonyms
Examples for "class"
Examples for "class"
1
The problem is: how does the left talk to the working class?
Reuters
2
Many working-class political movements of this period demonstrated far greater political insight.
The Guardian
3
The control group performed a typical physical class three times per week.
Pubmed
4
FINRA arbitration rules do not allow arbitrators to hear class action cases.
Reuters
5
A class-action case can result in higher recoveries and lower litigation costs.
Reuters
1
She knew well that gladiators occupied an odd stratum in Roman society.
Roma Victrix
2
The Samaritans were a despised lower stratum of the population of Palestine.
The Essentials of Spirituality
3
The stratum of air lying up at the ceiling was comparatively cold.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885
4
Moreover, a fossil once having disappeared never reappears in any later stratum.
A History of Science — Volume 3
5
And over the old hopes time has brought a stratum of new.
The Art of Public Speaking
1
A ghetto is a neighborhood of people from a similar, often depressed, socio-economic class.
Ebony
2
The fund has already invested in an undisclosed Brazilian company providing dental services to lower middle socio-economic class, the statement said.
Reuters
3
Veganism, at least in the United States of America, had the connotation of being a lifestyle of White socio-economic class privileged people.
Ebony
Usage of social class in English
1
She had no great ambitions; few women of her social class have.
The Secret Power
2
Historically received pronunciation signified a higher social class than a local accent.
BBC
3
Adjustment for social class at birth had little effect on the associations.
Pubmed
4
The study found that height and weight varied depending on social class.
The Irish Times
5
The Carlgrens were far below the Lorentz family's requirements for acceptable social class.
The ice princess
6
While the Fascists opposed social class discrimination, the party also promoted nationalist sentiments.
News.com.au
7
There is a justice system with several speeds depending on your social class.
The Guardian
8
Circumstances over the life-course may contribute to adult social class differences in mortality.
Pubmed
9
His research interests pivot on identity, technology, social media, social class and death.
Radio NZ
10
Responses by individuals varied, depending on financial security, educational qualifications or social class.
The Irish Times
11
Why is British cinema so consistently obsessed with the subject of social class?
The Guardian
12
Pendreigh was of a social class Runcorn aspired to and would never understand.
Funeral in Blue
13
The boys in my study were very aware of social class.
The Guardian
14
A quarter are classified as AB - the top social class.
Independent.ie
15
They came from families which belonged, broadly speaking, to the same social class.
Personality in Literature
16
How much social class has to do with who's hired and who's not.
Radio NZ
This collocation consists of:
Translations for social class
Spanish
clase
Social class through the time
Social class across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common