as in aristocratic
of high birth, rank, or station
upper-class boys who had an entrenched sense of entitlement
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as in aristocracy
the highest class in a society
a school founded to educate the children of the upper class
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Recent Examples of upper-class
Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
In the late imperial period, upper-class women frequently took part in crafting and manufacturing, especially textile-making.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Jan. 2025
Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
Although still a small club in name, Atalanta have become lower upper class in reality.
—James Horncastle, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
In this early example of auto-fiction, Mishima offers a poetic analysis of his sentimental education as a young man whose sadomasochistic gay fantasies clash with the conventions of his upper-class upbringing.
—Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
In the late imperial period, upper-class women frequently took part in crafting and manufacturing, especially textile-making.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
Who’s Who is precisely that, with working-class champion Leigh instead taking a rare focus on the upper class.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
Although still a small club in name, Atalanta have become lower upper class in reality.
—James Horncastle, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upper-class
Adjective
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Central France has been occupied off and on for thousands of years, by aristocratic families to nomadic tribes.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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According to Creighton and his co-authors, there has been quite a lot of research on castles, which dominated aristocratic sites in England after the Norman Conquest.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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However, because Edo descends from Italian aristocracy, his father previously told the Daily Mail that any of his children would be counts or nobile donna.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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In the faux aristocracy that is Hollywood, a Blake Lively should not have reason to meaningfully cross paths with a Justin Baldoni.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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European salons were nobility inviting composers into their homes to write and play music.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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This baby name comes from the Quechuan language and was often associated with leadership and nobility.—
Marilyn La Jeunesse,
Parents,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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With Houston pushing to stay in the West’s upper crust, the Rockets are known to be shopping.—
John Hollinger,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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By Shannon Carlin August 1, 2024 8:06 AM EDT Kevin Kwan took inspiration for his best-selling 2013 rom-com, Crazy Rich Asians, from his own upper crust community in Singapore.—
Shannon Carlin,
TIME,
1 Aug. 2024
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She as the most gentry eyes and a delightful personality.—
Trish Stinger,
Kansas City Star,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Whitehaven neighborhood had developed in the late 19th century and attracted as residents the Memphis gentry.—
Michael T. Bertrand,
The Conversation,
5 June 2024
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“Upper-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upper-class. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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