classistadj.n.
/ˈklɑːsɪst/, /ˈklasɪst/, U.S. /ˈklæsəst/ A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characterized by classism; discriminating on the grounds of social class.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > [adjective] > discriminatory or inegalitarian > by class
classist1928
1928 H. W. Schneider Making Fascist State v. 354 Preparing and performing a return to the national civilization, strictly Italian, thoroughly historic, on the ruins of modern, anti-national, classist, originally Anglo-Saxon civilization.
1973 P. Mainardi in K. Sarachild Feminist Revol. (1978) 118/1 The sexist, racist, and classist distortions of art history.
1995 J. F. Garner Once upon more Enlightened Time 23 He had one standard, and only one standard, classist though it may have been.
2006 Christian Cent. 31 Oct. 18/1 How could the child of a slave, raised in poverty in a racist and classist society, love God so totally?
B. n.
A person who advocates or exhibits classism; a classist person.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > [noun] > discrimination or inegalitarianism > by class or social rank > adherent of
classist1979
1979 Signs 4 734 Although Barney was an elitist, a classist who eventually became utterly reactionary, she was very serious about politics.
1981 Daily Tel. 19 June 18 Do not the classists cause as much trouble as the racists?
2001 S. Wineburg Hist. Thinking & Other Unnatural Acts 73 Ezra Stiles is a ‘classist’ (based on his haughty tone and his use of ‘peasants’).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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