overclass

[ oh-ver-klas, ‑-klahs ]

noun

1. a social stratum consisting of educated and wealthy people considered to control the economic power of a country.

Word History and Origins

Origin of overclass¹

1990–95

Example Sentences

Vance and other Republicans as “weird” for their obsession with invading privacy, constraining rights, making up people to get mad at, and, of course, pushing antiquated and illiberal visions of a Christian nationalist idyll, with a white male overclass enforcing its dominance by any means necessary.

From Slate

Hayek is frequently invoked in the op-ed pages of the Wall Street Journal, the Pravda of the American overclass.

From Salon

But Compact, a self-described “radical American journal” debuting this week, is taking an unusual cross-ideological approach to the task of challenging, as a note from its editors puts it, “the overclass that controls government, culture, and capital.”

From New York Times

Your protagonist is a mercenary named V, hailing from one of three possible backgrounds: 2077’s small corporate overclass, Night City’s teeming slums, or the nomadic groups outside the city.

From The Verge

Or with SoftBank, Saudi, venture capitalism and the new leisure economy overclass?

From The Guardian