class distinctionn.

Brit.

/ˌklɑːs dᵻˈstɪŋ(k)ʃn/,

/ˌklas dᵻˈstɪŋ(k)ʃn/, U.S.

/ˌklæs dəˈstɪŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: class n., distinction n.

Etymology: < class n. + distinction n.

1. The differentiation of one social class from another; (also) a point of differentiation between social classes, as a characteristic attitude, behaviour, etc. Frequently in plural with reference to the maintenance of a strict social order.

ΚΠ

1813 R. Mayo View Anc. Geogr. & Anc. Hist. iv. xiii. 99 The nobles, who had formerly been the rulers, kept up the old class distinction and preserved their rights.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxvi. 83 If she were in a more elevated station of society, she would be gouty. Being but a hewer of wood and drawer of water, she is a rheumatic... These are natural class distinctions.

1850 H. Macfarlane tr. K. Marx & F. Engels Manifesto of German Communist Party in Red Republican 23 Nov. 183/1 When Class distinctions will have finally disappeared..the public power will lose its political character.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 12 Apr. 7/2 A tavern consisted of three open rooms, freely inviting class distinctions—the saloon, the parlour, and the tap-room.

1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South i. ii. 31 The close-pressing throng of his fellow men, rigid class distinctions, the yoke of law and government, economic imperatives—all these bear upon him with crushing weight.

1998 Harper's Mag. June 72/1 We were initiated into the mysteries of the modern urban cabala: the subtle class distinctions between Bloomie's, Macy's, and Klein's.

2005 R. Nidel World Music: Basics i. 13 Class distinctions are precise in Mauritanian society with musicians. Traditionally the Iggiws (also Iggi) function at the behest of other classes.

2. A distinction between two classes of objects; (also) a distinction between two objects on the basis of their membership of different classes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun] > a difference or distinction > types of distinction

a distinction without a difference1579

subdistinction1598

class distinction1843

1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. vii. 168 Drawing a broad line of separation between these two kinds of classes and of class-distinctions.

1885 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 107 Not because he knows or cares enough about music to make the faintest class distinction between the overture to La Gazza Ladra and the prelude to Tristan und Isolde.

1956 H. F. Gaines Cryptanal. 75 The ‘class distinctions’ among the letters are always, to some extent, dependable.

2004 R. Dawkins Ancestor's Tale 400 The same class distinction is fostered by placing the sponges in the Metazoa, but coining the word Eumetazoa for all the rest except sponges.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	class distinction
释义	class distinctionn. Brit. /ˌklɑːs dᵻˈstɪŋ(k)ʃn/, /ˌklas dᵻˈstɪŋ(k)ʃn/, U.S. /ˌklæs dəˈstɪŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: class n., distinction n. Etymology: < class n. + distinction n. 1. The differentiation of one social class from another; (also) a point of differentiation between social classes, as a characteristic attitude, behaviour, etc. Frequently in plural with reference to the maintenance of a strict social order. ΚΠ 1813 R. Mayo View Anc. Geogr. & Anc. Hist. iv. xiii. 99 The nobles, who had formerly been the rulers, kept up the old class distinction and preserved their rights. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxvi. 83 If she were in a more elevated station of society, she would be gouty. Being but a hewer of wood and drawer of water, she is a rheumatic... These are natural class distinctions. 1850 H. Macfarlane tr. K. Marx & F. Engels Manifesto of German Communist Party in Red Republican 23 Nov. 183/1 When Class distinctions will have finally disappeared..the public power will lose its political character. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 12 Apr. 7/2 A tavern consisted of three open rooms, freely inviting class distinctions—the saloon, the parlour, and the tap-room. 1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South i. ii. 31 The close-pressing throng of his fellow men, rigid class distinctions, the yoke of law and government, economic imperatives—all these bear upon him with crushing weight. 1998 Harper's Mag. June 72/1 We were initiated into the mysteries of the modern urban cabala: the subtle class distinctions between Bloomie's, Macy's, and Klein's. 2005 R. Nidel World Music: Basics i. 13 Class distinctions are precise in Mauritanian society with musicians. Traditionally the Iggiws (also Iggi) function at the behest of other classes. 2. A distinction between two classes of objects; (also) a distinction between two objects on the basis of their membership of different classes. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun] > a difference or distinction > types of distinction a distinction without a difference1579 subdistinction1598 class distinction1843 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. vii. 168 Drawing a broad line of separation between these two kinds of classes and of class-distinctions. 1885 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 107 Not because he knows or cares enough about music to make the faintest class distinction between the overture to La Gazza Ladra and the prelude to Tristan und Isolde. 1956 H. F. Gaines Cryptanal. 75 The ‘class distinctions’ among the letters are always, to some extent, dependable. 2004 R. Dawkins Ancestor's Tale 400 The same class distinction is fostered by placing the sponges in the Metazoa, but coining the word Eumetazoa for all the rest except sponges. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1813
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