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Definition of Social class
1. Noun. People having the same social, economic, or educational status. "An emerging professional class"
Generic synonyms: People
Specialized synonyms: Domain, World, Age Class, Agriculture, Brotherhood, Fraternity, Sodality, Estate, Estate Of The Realm, The Three Estates, Labor, Labour, Proletariat, Working Class, Lower Class, Underclass, Bourgeoisie, Middle Class, Booboisie, Commonality, Commonalty, Commons, Peasantry, Demimonde, Underworld, Yeomanry, Caste, Caste, Upper Class, Upper Crust, Ninja, Firing Line, Immigrant Class, Center, Old School, Market, Craft, Trade, Fair Sex, Woman, Womanhood
Group relationships: Society
Group relationships: Class Structure
Derivative terms: Classify, Classify
Definition of Social class
1. Noun. (social sciences) A class of people, based on social power, wealth or another criterion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Social class
1. A stratum of people with similar position and prestige; includes social stratification. Social class is measured by criteria such as education, occupation, and income. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Social Class
Literary usage of Social class
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"The relationship between social class and seven important risk factors for coronary
heart disease has been evaluated utilising data from the German ..."
2. Socialism and the Social Movement by Werner Sombart (1898)
"Secondly, a social class which is discontented with the existing conditions.
By a "social class" I understand a number of similarly interested persons, ..."
3. The Elements of Sociology: A Text-book for Colleges and Schools by Franklin Henry Giddings (1898)
"Try now to imagine that comparatively small part of a population which is found
in the social class and, at the same time, in that highest personality class ..."
4. The Elements of Sociology: A Text-book for Colleges and Schools by Franklin Henry Giddings (1898)
"Try now to imagine that comparatively small part of a population which is found
in the social class and, at the same time, in that highest personality class ..."
5. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1895)
"What, then, is a social class ? Is there any reality corresponding to the ...
In a word, it is perfectly evident that, if paupers are a social class or if ..."
6. A Study of British Genius by Havelock Ellis (1904)
"social class. Status of parents of British men of genius—Upper Class—Yeomen and
... social class ..."
7. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"... simply a distinguished social class with open ranks; esquires; assumption that
the reformers as a whole, regardless of nationality, constituted a vast ..."
8. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1895)
"The social class is made up of those whose dispositions and abilities enable and
impel them to make positive contributions to that sum of helpful relations ..."
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