class-based
Organized by rank
Class-based describes systems or structures organized around distinct classes or categories.
In computing, class-based programming uses predefined templates (classes) to create objects: Java is a class-based language.
In social contexts, it refers to distinctions rooted in socioeconomic class: class-based discrimination, a class-based society.
The term often implies hierarchy or inherited characteristics.
Rule by hereditary elite
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
- casteInherited social division
monarchy · peerage · vassalage · manorialism · serfdom · landlord · peasantry · commoner
Private profit-based economy
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- povertySevere lack of resources
labor · income · wages · exploitation · inequality · mobility · socioeconomic · underclass
Prejudice by economic rank
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- elitismPreference for privileged rule
- snobberyPretentious social superiority
- stigmaMark of dishonor
stereotyping · marginalization · exclusion · oppression · bias · lookism · gatekeeping · microaggression
Superior select group
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- affluentHaving abundant financial resources
- socialiteProminent figure in fashionable circles
- debutanteFormally introduced young woman
blue-blooded · aspirational · prestige · pedigree · upper-crust · low-status · high-status · respectability
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
caste · monarchy · peerage · vassalage · manorialism · serfdom · landlord · peasantry · commoner · rank
capitalism
Private profit-based economy
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
poverty · labor · income · wages · exploitation · inequality · mobility · socioeconomic · underclass · affluence
classism
Prejudice by economic rank
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- elitismPreference for privileged rule
- snobberyPretentious social superiority
stigma · stereotyping · marginalization · exclusion · oppression · bias · lookism · gatekeeping · microaggression · othering
elite
Superior select group
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- affluentHaving abundant financial resources
- socialiteProminent figure in fashionable circles
debutante · blue-blooded · aspirational · prestige · pedigree · upper-crust · low-status · high-status · respectability · gentility
curriculum
Educational program's content plan
streaming · remedial · honors · gifted · tiered · differentiated · leveled · grading · assessment · sorting
- programming paradigmsobject-oriented, functional, procedural, declarative, imperative
class-basedmeritocratic
Favoring ability over privilege
merit-based · meritocracy · egalitarian · classless · performance-based
class-basedclassless
Without social divisions
egalitarian · non-hierarchical · equal-opportunity · democratic · flat
base, class, classic, based, classified, classify, classes, classroom, classification