social class

noun

A class of people, based on social power, wealth or another criterion.

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classstratumsocio-economic class
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Meanings

nounsocial class (plural social classes)

plural social classes

  1. human sciencesA class of people, based on social power, wealth or another criterion.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounpeople having the same social, economic, or educational status

Similar
classstratumsocio-economic class
Broader
people
Also see
classstratum

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan classe social
  • classe socialclass of people
Chinese Mandarin 社會階層 /社会阶层, 社會階級 /社会阶级
  • 社會階層 /社会阶层 (shèhuì jiēcéng)class of people
  • 社會階級 /社会阶级 (shèhuì jiējí)class of people
Dutch sociale klasse
  • sociale klasseclass of people
Finnish yhteiskuntaluokka
  • yhteiskuntaluokkaclass of people
French classe sociale
  • classe socialeclass of people
German Gesellschaftsklasse, soziale Klasse
  • Gesellschaftsklasseclass of people
  • soziale Klasseclass of people
Greek κοινωνική τάξη
  • κοινωνική τάξη (koinonikí táxi)class of people
Hindi ज़ात, बिरादरी
  • ज़ात (zāt)class of people
  • बिरादरी (birādrī)class of people
  • जिनस (jinas)class of people
  • जिंस (jins)class of people
  • कुल (kul)class of people
  • वंश (vañś)class of people
  • बंस (bans)class of people
Italian rango, classe sociale
  • rangoclass of people
  • classe socialeclass of people
Japanese 階級
  • 階級 (kaikyū)class of people
Māori papapori
  • papaporiclass of people
Norwegian Bokmål samfunnsklasse
  • samfunnsklasseclass of people
Polish klasa społeczna
  • klasa społecznaclass of people
Portuguese classe social
  • classe socialclass of people
Romanian clasă socială
  • clasă socialăclass of people
Russian сосло́вие
  • сосло́вие (soslóvije)class of people
Spanish clase social, estrato social
  • clase socialclass of people
  • estrato socialclass of people
Swedish samhällsklass
  • samhällsklassclass of people
Thai ชั้นชนทางสังคม, ชนชั้นทางสังคม
  • ชั้นชนทางสังคมclass of people
  • ชนชั้นทางสังคมclass of people
  • ชั้นสังคมclass of people
Cite this entry
APA

social class. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20class

MLA

“social class.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20class. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “social class,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20class.

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