单词 | class-conscious |
释义 | > as lemmasclass-conscious class-conscious adj. [probably after German klassenbewußt (1888; now klassenbewusst ); compare slightly earlier class-consciousness n.] aware of belonging to a particular social class or of the differences between social classes. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > social mobility > class-conscious class-conscious1899 1899 W. M. Burke Hist. & Functions Central Labor Unions 111 The following letter..sets forth clearly the real difference between a ‘pure and simple’ trade unionist and a ‘class-conscious’ socialist. 1903 J. London People of Abyss viii. 84 I was a superior, and they were superbly class-conscious. 1907 Fabian News 19 94/1 The middle classes are more class-conscious than the workers. 2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane x. 217 ‘It's not dangerous,’ I continued. ‘It's just that the British are class conscious, and sometimes people from different classes can be stand-offish with one another.’ < as lemmas |
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