"high society" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: high societies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} high society (usually uncountable, plural high societies)
  1. The socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society, especially in Western societies. Wikipedia link: high society (social class) Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Collectives, High society, People, Wealth Synonyms: the quality, upper class, upper crust Related terms: beautiful people, jet set, socialite, upper crust Translations (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society): مُجْتَمَع رَاقِيّ (mujtamaʕ rāqiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), 上流社會 (Chinese Mandarin), 上流社会 (shàngliú shèhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), mondumo (Esperanto), seurapiiri (Finnish), haute société [feminine] (French), მაღალი საზოგადოება (maɣali sazogadoeba) (Georgian), High Society [feminine] (German), Hautevolee [feminine] (German), 上流社会 (jōryū shakai) (alt: じょうりゅうしゃかい) (Japanese), សង្គមជាន់ខ្ពស់ (sɑngkum cŏən khpŭəh) (Khmer), 상류사회 (sangnyusahoe) (alt: 上流社會) (Korean), wysokie sfery [feminine, plural] (Polish), alta sociedade [feminine] (Portuguese), înaltă societate [feminine] (Romanian), вы́сший свет (výsšij svet) [masculine] (Russian), вы́сшее о́бщество (výsšeje óbščestvo) [neuter] (Russian), alta sociedad [feminine] (Spanish), alta alcurnia [feminine] (Spanish), överklass [common-gender] (Swedish), grädda [common-gender] (Swedish), lesogäd (Volapük)

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