class structure

Noun

Meaning

the organization of classes within a society

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

hierarchy social group animal kingdom

Hypernyms

structure social organisation social structure social organization social system

Hyponyms

caste system

Examples

But I am sure that God did not intend that there be so many poor. The class structure is of our making and our consent, not His. It is the way we have arranged it, and it is up to us to change it. So we are urging revolutionary change. Dorothy Day

Abstraction and luxury are the guard dogs of the upper class. The upper class wants people to have ambition and gumption because, if you do, you will participate and you'll move through society into a different class structure. Jeff Koons

I don't know why that is, but English politics is just so overly white. It's very much about the class structure. Daniel Radcliffe

There isn't a class structure in Nigeria; there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned. Sade Adu

It's quite an interesting time, the '20s, because the politics of England were changing quite a lot, and the class structure was starting to shift a little. Julian Ovenden

You can't hide behind race any more. You can't hide behind class structure any more. You can't hide behind family. You need to produce. Mitch Landrieu

Close letter words and terms

class secretary class Sphenopsida class Sporozoa class struggle class struggle unions class suit