| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | societal group, background |
Synonyms: |
ancestry, birth, bourgeoisie, breed, caliber, caste, circle, clan, clique, club, company, condition, connection, coterie, cultural level, degree, derivation, descent, estate, extraction, family, genealogy, grade, hierarchy, influence, intelligentsia, league, lineage, moiety, nobility, origin, pecking order, pedigree, pigeonhole, place, position, prestige, quality, sect, social rank, source, sphere, standing, state, station, status, stock, strain, stratum, the right stuff, tier, title |
| Main Entry: | proletariat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | working class |
Synonyms: |
blue-collar workers, bourgeoisie, common people, commoners, hoi polloi, lower class, peasant, plebians, proletarian, rank and file, working stiff |
| Notes: | bourgeoisie is the middle class, while the proletariat is a lower working class |
| Main Entry: | commoner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plebeian |
Synonyms: |
bourgeois, bourgeoisie, citizen, civilian, peasant |
| Main Entry: | Middle America |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | general populice |
Synonyms: |
bourgeoisie, silent majority, subtopia, suburbia, the burbs |
| Main Entry: | middle class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | common people |
Synonyms: |
Middle America, bourgeois, bourgeoisie, burgherdom, educated class, hoi polloi, middle order, middle-income group, ordinary people, plain folks, proletariat, working class |
| Main Entry: | Third Estate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | common man |
Synonyms: |
bourgeoisie, commonality, everyman, everywoman, middle classes, vulgus |
| Main Entry: | pleb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commonalty |
Synonyms: |
bourgeois, bourgeoisie, citizen, civilian, common, commonality, commoner, crowd, hoi polloi, mass, mob, peasant, plebeian, populace, public, ruck, third estate |
| Main Entry: | ruck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commonalty |
Synonyms: |
bourgeois, bourgeoisie, citizen, civilian, common, commonality, commoner, crowd, hoi polloi, mass, mob, peasant, pleb, plebeian, populace, public, third estate |
| Main Entry: | third estate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commonalty |
Synonyms: |
bourgeois, bourgeoisie, citizen, civilian, common, commonality, commoner, crowd, hoi polloi, mass, mob, peasant, pleb, plebeian, populace, public, ruck |
| Concept: | Class. |
| Category: | 4. DISTRIBUTIVE ORDER |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section; department, subdepartment, province, domain., kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset; assortment; feather, kidney; suit; range; gender, sex, kin., manner, description, denomination, designation, character, stamp; predicament; indication, particularization, selection, specification., similarity.
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