"social class" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: social classes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} social class (plural social classes)
  1. (social sciences) A class of people, based on social power, wealth or another criterion. Categories (topical): Collectives, Social sciences Coordinate_terms: social standing, social status, social station, status group Translations (class of people): стан (stan) [masculine] (Belarusian), classe social [masculine] (Catalan), 社會階層 (Chinese Mandarin), 社会阶层 (shèhuì jiēcéng) (Chinese Mandarin), 社會階級 (Chinese Mandarin), 社会阶级 (shèhuì jiējí) (Chinese Mandarin), yhteiskuntaluokka (Finnish), classe sociale [feminine] (French), სოციალური კლასი (socialuri ḳlasi) (Georgian), Gesellschaftsklasse [feminine] (German), soziale Klasse [feminine] (German), κοινωνική τάξη (koinonikí táxi) [feminine] (Greek), ज़ात (zāt) [feminine] (Hindi), बिरादरी (birādrī) [feminine] (Hindi), जिनस (jinas) [feminine] (Hindi), जिंस (jins) [feminine] (Hindi), कुल (kul) [masculine] (Hindi), वंश (vañś) [masculine] (Hindi), बंस (bans) [masculine] (Hindi), rango [masculine] (Italian), classe sociale (Italian), 階級 (kaikyū) (alt: かいきゅう) (Japanese), samfunnsklasse [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), samfunnsklasse [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), classe social [feminine] (Portuguese), clasă socială [feminine] (Romanian), сосло́вие (soslóvije) [neuter] (Russian), clase social [feminine] (Spanish), estrato social [masculine] (Spanish), samhällsklass [common-gender] (Swedish)

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