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  • 81class-conscious — adjective (used of society) socially hierarchical American society is becoming increasingly stratified • Syn: ↑stratified • Similar to: ↑hierarchical, ↑hierarchal, ↑hierarchic * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjecti …

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  • 82upper crust — noun Date: 1836 the highest social class or group; especially the highest circle of the upper class • upper crust adjective …

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  • 83class — 1. noun /klɑːs,klæs,kleəs/ a) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes. The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the small family class. b) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Brita …

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  • 84class — n. & v. n. 1 any set of persons or things grouped together, or graded or differentiated from others esp. by quality (first class; economy class). 2 a a division or order of society (upper class; professional classes). b a caste system, a system… …

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  • 85upper — Synonyms and related words: Benzedrine, Benzedrine pill, C, Dexamyl, Dexamyl pill, Dexedrine, Dexedrine pill, Methedrine, a cut above, above, advantage, ahead, amphetamine, amphetamine sulfate, aristocrats, ascendancy, ascendant, authority,… …

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  • 86upper crust — noun a) The topmost layer of a bread, pastry dish, or other item with a hardened coating. She went to get her tarts . . . but some one had stolen all the fruit out of them by lifting up the upper crust. b) The social elite …

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  • 87class, social — A grouping separating a society into subsets defined in terms of status, privilege, place in the processes of economic production, access to power and authority, and sometimes an individual s self definition in such terms. In a complex society… …

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  • 88class consciousness — awareness of the differences between the classes (lower class, upper class, etc.) …

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  • 89upper-crust — adjective Posh, upper class …

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  • 90upper crust — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. People of the highest social level: aristocracy, blue blood, creme de la creme, elite, flower, gentility, gentry, nobility, patriciate, quality, society, upper class, who s who. See OVER …

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