upper-class
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4.3
- adjective
- /ˈʌpər klæs/
:
de clase alta
- The predominantly White, middle- to upper-class sample limits generalizability to other racial and socioeconomic groups.
- upper-class woman
- upper-class family
- upper-class neighborhoods
He was a patronizing upper class WASP gentleman.
- He was a patronizing upper class WASP gentleman.
- It was a very upper class, white society kind of sport. It didn't have diversity regardless of what class you were from.
- It's possible that a poor person could say that the rich is a hoity toity upper class snob.
Examples
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Have you ever read a testimony more faithful to the stereotype of British upper-class intellectual dottiness?
Academic text (1998) -
In a very real sense, middle and upper-class cultures in the United States get the universities they deserve.
Academic text (1993) -
The story of the judgment would have been well known to most upper-class Romans.
Academic text (2012) -
Access to cable is also clearly related to class, since cable is most available in upper-class neighborhoods.
Academic text (1991) -
As in many parts of the world, consuming beef often marks the boundary between upper-class homes and the poor.
Academic text (2008) -
Both of them looked as though they belonged to a young woman, a well-groomed, upper-class young woman.
Fiction book (2002) -
Throughout her childhood and youth, she lived in a comfortable upper-class, cosmopolitan family with artistic and literary interests.
Academic text (1999) -
But Charlton seems to have catered to an upper-class crowd.
Academic text (2011) -
From an upper-class background, Darrin Drozdov was an unlikely candidate.
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Many upper-class families in the city enjoy exclusive membership at private clubs.
Synonyms
20
5.8
Showing elegant, expensive style that makes someone seem richer or more important
19
7.2
Like people from rich, important families who have high social rank
1
7.5
A person from a noble or upper-class family
1
9.3
Showing the attitude of a rich person who thinks they are better than others
Antonyms
How Wealthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Upper-class comes from upper meaning 'higher' and class meaning 'group' or 'rank', as in 'first class' on a plane. So, upper-class means the 'higher' part of society that usually has more money, status, or special privileges.