class difference
Economic status divide
Class difference refers to the distinctions between social classes based on wealth, education, occupation, and cultural markers.
These differences show up in everything from accent and vocabulary to housing and lifestyle: The class difference between them was obvious the moment she spoke.
Class differences can create barriers to relationships, opportunities, and mutual understanding across economic strata.
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- old moneyLong-established family fortune
- new moneySelf-earned, not inherited wealth
trust fund · poverty · elite · upper crust · white collar · status · social ladder · hierarchy · glass ceiling · snobbery · bourgeoisie · proletariat · upstairs · downstairs · below stairs · manor · council estate · slum
- rom-comrom-com, romantic comedy, meet cute, meet-cute, love triangle
- relationship problemsaffair, disloyalty, adultery, unfaithfulness, cheating
- wedding tropesarranged marriage, elopement, runaway bride, shotgun wedding, marriage of convenience
- regency romancecourtship, marriage plot, proposal, suitor, suitors
class differenceclasslessness
Lack of social hierarchy
social equality · egalitarianism · classless society · economic equality · communism
class differencemeritocracy
Advancement through demonstrated ability
equal opportunity · level playing field · social mobility · bootstrapping · American Dream
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