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UPPER-CLASS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society
Classified under:
Similar:
quality (of high social status)
propertied; property-owning (owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue)
u ((chiefly British) of or appropriate to the upper classes especially in language use)
tweedy ((of country gentry) informal, clannish and outdoorsy)
wellborn (of good or upper-class lineage)
Attribute:
position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)
Antonym:
lower-class (occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society)
middle-class (occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy)
