working classnoun [ S, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˌwɜː.kɪŋ ˈklɑːs/us/ˌwɝː.kɪŋ ˈklæs/UK also the working classesa social group that consists of people who earn little money, often being paid only for the hours or days that they work, and who usually do physical work:
The working class usually react/reacts in a predictable way to government policies.
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Class & class-consciousness in general
- arriviste
- bougie
- bourgeois
- class struggle
- class-conscious
- high society
- Hooray Henry
- inverted snob
- lower class
- lowest common denominator
- polarize
- prole
- proletarian
- riff-raff
- Sloane Ranger
- the upper crust
- underclass
- untouchable
- upper class
- upwardly mobile
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working-class
adjective uk/ˌwɜː.kɪŋˈklɑːs/us/ˌwɝː.kɪŋˈklæs/
working-class people/families