class-conscious
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- adjective
- /ˈklæsˌkɒnʃəs/
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consciente de clase
- A class-conscious teenybopper would be attracted to the laborer outside the window for a fling or two, but definitely not marriage.
The world we live in, as brutal and unequal as it is, has been made more humane by class conscious movements, by the efforts of democratic socialists.
- The world we live in, as brutal and unequal as it is, has been made more humane by class conscious movements, by the efforts of democratic socialists.
Examples
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In a class-conscious society, people are often judged based on their social status.
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So too, in South Africa, racial and class-conscious conceptions of citizenship strongly persist, especially with regard to issues of black empowerment, economic equity, and land redistribution.
Academic text (1998) -
Oh, we're a little class-conscious, are we?
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Specifically in the U.S., which happens to have a highly class-conscious business class.
Blog text (4) -
Two brief sections of Harker's journal betray his class-conscious desire for power and his rising position in the firm.
Academic text (2007) -
Thus, the same things that drew class-conscious miners to Spring Valley made it an affront in the eyes of Princeton's predominantly white middle-class population.
Academic text (2000) -
The Brits are very class-conscious—unless you're an officer, you can't walk into the better clubs.
Fiction book (2000) -
Living in a class-conscious city, she always felt the pressure to keep up appearances.
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His class-conscious attitude made him uncomfortable around individuals from a different economic background.
Antonyms
How Aware
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Class-conscious joins class ('group or social rank') and conscious ('aware'), so it means being 'aware of class'. That's why it describes someone who notices or is influenced by differences in money or social position.