class structure

1. The hierarchical organization by which a society or community is divided into class es. The vast majority of the population of the United States considers itself as belonging to the middle class . In Marxism , class structure is organized into the bourgeoisie and the proletariat (see also proletariat ).

Example Sentences

If that is the case, the new feudal system could shape the evolution of the American class structure for decades to come.

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The social class structure of Fair Play society is rather difficult to assess.

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The comparative economic equality in an area of free land had a democratizing influence on the social class structure.

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Well, it struck me or it strikes me that we became lower and lower in the class structure.

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