#socio-economic_class__class__clas__socialclas people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
supertype: people (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
member of: class_structure
subtype: world.socio-economic_class__domain people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"
subtype: academia__academe the academic world
subtype: Grub_Street the world of literary hacks
subtype: age_class__ageclas people in the same age range
subtype: agriculture the class of people engaged in growing food
subtype: fraternity__brotherhood people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"
subtype: estate_of_the_realm__estate a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights
subtype: fourth_estate__press__pres newspaper writers and photographers
subtype: gutter_press (British) press that engages in sensaional journalism (especially concerning the private lives of public figures)
subtype: press_corps a group of journalists representing different publications who all cover the same topics; "the White House press corps"
subtype: labor__labour__working_class__workingclas__proletariat a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
subtype: labor_force__laborforce__labor_pool__laborpool the source of trained people from which workers can be hired
subtype: lower_class__lowerclas the social class lowest in the social hierarchy
subtype: middle_class__bourgeoisie the social class between the lower and upper classes
subtype: petite_bourgeoisie__petit_bourgeois__petitbourgeoi__petty_bourgeoisie__pettybourgeoisie lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.)
subtype: booboisie class consisting of all those who are considered boobs
subtype: commonalty__commonality__common class composed of persons lacking noble or knightly or gentle rank
subtype: third_estate__thirdestate the third estate of the realm; the commons (especially in Britain or France) viewed as forming a political order having representation in a parliament
subtype: peasantry the class of peasants
subtype: demimonde a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior
subtype: underworld the criminal class
subtype: yeomanry.socio-economic_class class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land
subtype: caste.socio-economic_class a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth
subtype: caste (Hindu) a hereditary social class stratified according to ritual purity
instance: Brahmin__Brahman Kshatriya Vaisya Shudra__Sudra
subtype: upper_class__upperclas__upper_crust__uppercrust the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
subtype: elite a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
subtype: elect__chosen an exclusive group of people: "one of the elect who have power inside the government"
subtype: cream.elite the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
subtype: intelligentsia__clerisy an educated and intellectual elite
subtype: literati the literary intelligentsia
subtype: high_society__society__beau_monde__smart_set__bon_ton the fashionable elite
subtype: few.elite a small elite group; "it was designed for the discriminating few"
subtype: aristocracy a privileged class holding hereditary titles
subtype: noblesse members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)
subtype: peerage__baronage the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
subtype: second_estate__lords_temporal__lordstemporal the second estate of the realm: the nobility (especially British nobility) of the rank of duke or marquess or earl or viscount or baron
subtype: knighthood aristocrats holding the rank of knight
subtype: samurai feudal Japanese military aristocracy
subtype: Ferdinand_and_Isabella joint monarchs of Spain; Ferdinand V and Isabella I
subtype: William_and_Mary joint monarchs of England; William III and Mary II
subtype: gentry__aristocracy the most powerful members of a society
subtype: landed_gentry__squirearchy the gentry who own land (considered as a class)
subtype: ruling_class the class of people exerting power or authority
subtype: firing_line the most advanced and responsible group in an activity; "the firing line is where the action is"
subtype: immigrant_class__immigrantclas recent immigrants who are lumped together as a class by their low socioeconomic status in spite of different cultural backgrounds
subtype: center.socio-economic_class politically moderate persons; centrists
subtype: old_school__oldschool a class of people favoring traditional ideas
subtype: market the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it"
subtype: black_market.market__blackmarket people who engage in illicit trade
subtype: craft.socio-economic_class__trade people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"
subtype: womanhood women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"
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