class distinction
Rank separates people
Class distinction is the perceived or actual difference in social standing between groups based on wealth, occupation, education, or birth.
It marks the boundaries separating social classes—who belongs where in a hierarchy: The country club maintained rigid class distinctions.
Class distinctions may be explicit, as in caste systems, or subtle, expressed through accent, manners, or taste.
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- eliteSuperior select group
- upper crustSocial elite class
- professionTrained occupational field
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
trust fund · wealth · aristocracy · affluence · country club · caste · commoner · socioeconomic status · social hierarchy · white-collar · blue collar · inequality · proletariat · council estate · wrong side of the tracks · steerage · stigma · glass ceiling
- social classstratum, bourgeoisie, proletariat, underclass, elite
- aristocracylord, titles, lady, heraldry, noble titles
- Victorian valuesmorality, propriety, respectability, decorum, modesty
class distinctionegalitarianism
Philosophy of universal equality
social equality · classlessness · classless society · equality · flat hierarchy
class distinctionegalitarianism
Philosophy of universal equality
social democracy · equalitarianism · democratic ideals · inclusiveness · solidarity
class distinctionsocial integration
Absorption into community life
social mobility · classlessness · inclusivity · social cohesion · egalitarian society