ruling class
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈruːlɪŋ klæs/
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clase dominante
- Throughout history, the ruling class has often been disconnected from the everyday struggles of ordinary citizens.
- hegemony of the ruling class
- interests of the ruling class
- members of the ruling class
They just governed, you know, like it's a ruling class, that's what it is.
- They just governed, you know, like it's a ruling class, that's what it is.
- I blame the Democratic Party and the ruling class for Trump.
- It exists to defend the power of the ruling class.
- But it also had this truly parasitic ruling class.
- It's not just in America because the ruling class has made you think that blonde hair, blue eyes and light skin is better.
- And I look at how much America relies on Harvard, on Yale to produce its, I'm going to use a very Marxist sounding term, ruling class.
- So we have a ruling class that is at war with its people and that's an oligarchy.
- They're no longer like the ruling class, but it it's a prestige sort of thing.
- So, yeah, he he knows it and and he knows that she's part of the sort of ruling class there.
- You've been in Hollywood forever, and you were in the upper rungs of the ruling class that congratulates himself at any every benefit on earth.
- And now, unfortunately, we're sort of seeing the ruling class clawed all back by jacking up prices and rents.
Examples
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The wealth of the ruling class and the poverty of the performers are demonstrated by their clothes.
Academic text (1997) -
So we have a ruling class that is at war with its people and that's an oligarchy.
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Some people thought it's strange that I, from a family of the ruling class, should ever have been a part of such a crowd.
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Well, this is this is the alliance between the New York ruling class and the New York criminal class.
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And the ruling class is the same ruling class of the past.
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Balls are how the ruling class remain the ruling class.
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Too often, sir, the religion of Jesus is used by the ruling classes to keep themselves in power and the poor ever poorer.
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Demand for their specialized skill and products set in motion the emergence of a ruling class.
Academic text (2011) -
The civilized values held up for our approval are those of the ruling class.
Academic text (1993) -
In many Arab states, huge amounts of foreign aid were channeled through the ruling classes who stole much of it.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
258
4.7
A small group of the most powerful or rich people in a society
24
7.2
A small group of rich, powerful families who inherit titles and wealth
15
3.4
A social group with the most money and power
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8.4
A social class between workers and the rich who own property or businesses
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3.7
A group of people who have authority to make decisions
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5.0
A small group of people with more money, power, or education than others
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6.8
A small group of the richest and most important people in society
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the social group that holds power' is directly derivable from combining 'ruling' (holding political authority) with 'class' (a group or category) — essentially 'the class that rules.' This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase common across languages, so an average B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Ruling class comes from the simple picture of a small social group where ruling means 'to rule' and class means 'a social group'. Picture a few rich or powerful people making the big decisions for everyone else; that's why the phrase means the group that holds power in a society.