Social Classes

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 333 v.1

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1. social class / class |n| a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status.
2. ruling class |n| the social class of a given society that decides upon and sets that society's political agenda.
3. working class |n| the social group consisting of people who are employed for wages, especially in manual or industrial work.
4. "The housing needs of the working classes."

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1. class struggle |n| (in Marxist ideology) the conflict of interests between the workers and the ruling class in a capitalist society, regarded as inevitably violent.