class structure
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4.6
- noun
- /klæs ˈstrʌk.tʃər/
:
estructura de clases
- The class structure in many societies determines a person's access to education and employment opportunities.
- inegalitarian class structure
- existing class structure
- social class structure
But even with that modification, we've got a class structure in the way Marx understood it.
- But even with that modification, we've got a class structure in the way Marx understood it.
- I think you know, it has something to do with the class structure of our society.
- But they come from backgrounds as poor as mine and yours, but they don't have that sort of glass ceiling, rigid class structure thing that plays on top of them.
- But it's a dynamic class structure which allows for, you know, risers and fallers.
- Freedom is sort of a reaction against this, this whole ritual and, you know, closed in society and a strong class structure.
- There was some and you were very, very conscious of the class structure that was built into it, but you were also getting a pretty, you know, good education.
Examples
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Rather, race and ethnicity continued to play a central role in forming and reproducing class structures across the region.
Academic text (1999) -
There has been a profound shift in the class structure of the club.
Academic text (1995) -
I think you know, it has something to do with the class structure of our society.
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English plays a huge part in the class structure of a society like like India and.
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But a Black person very near him in the class structure may feel quite threatened by him.
Academic text (1992) -
The result was a radical change in class structure, institutions, and common sense.
Academic text (1993) -
The origins and development of class structures in the Philippines offer a different picture.
Academic text (1993) -
Such aggregate figures, of course, do not indicate where in the social/class structure these increases are occurring.
Academic text (1999) -
First, we have the suggestion that schools, rather than providing for an equalization of class structures, actually exacerbate the differences.
Academic text (1996) -
Evidence of that can be seen in the disparate class structures of the Chorotegans and the Nicarao.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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7.9
The division of people into classes with different wealth and power
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7.4
A way a society ranks people by money, education, and work
How Stratified
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the way society is organized into social classes' is transparently derived from 'class' (a category or group) combined with 'structure' (the organization of parts). This noun–noun compositional pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The term class structure comes from a simple image: think of class as different groups of people and structure as a building or ladder that holds them in place. So it means how people are placed into 'social classes' and how those groups are ordered in a society.