social class meaning

Definition of social class

1. people having the same social, economic, or educational status
   • the working class
   • an emerging professional class

   Synonyms: class, stratum, socio-economic class

   Type of: people

   Kinds: world, age class, agriculture, brotherhood, estate of the realm, labor, lower class, middle class, booboisie, commonalty, peasantry, demimonde

How to pronounce social class

social class is pronounced /ˈsəʊʃəl klɑːs/ in British English and /ˈsoʊʃəl klæs/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.