class divide
Rich-poor separation gap
The class divide is the gap between social classes, especially between wealthy and poor segments of society.
It encompasses differences in income, education, opportunity, and cultural experience that separate groups within a population: The class divide in America has widened over the past forty years.
The term often implies these gaps are problematic or unjust.
- wealth gapEconomic inequality measure
- upper crustSocial elite class
- povertySevere lack of resources
- wrong side of the tracksSocially undesirable neighborhood
- elitismPreference for privileged rule
the one percent · inequality · two Americas · privilege · social ladder · disparity · social alienation · tenement · silver spoon · born into · cultural capital · welfare systems · housing affordability · educational attainment · resentment · haves · minimum wage · gated
- Dystopia1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four, dystopian fiction, totalitarianism, Brave New World
- TitanicTitanic, RMS Titanic, iceberg, sinking, lifeboats
- inequalitywealth gap, income gap, disparity, wage gap, income disparity
- social classstratum, bourgeoisie, proletariat, underclass, elite
- social classesnobles, aristocrats, underclass, peasants, elite
- social phenomenasocial change, social norms, social movements, conformity, inequality
class divideeconomic equality
Balanced distribution of resources
classless society · social equality · egalitarianism · income equality · classlessness
class dividesocial unity
Collective bond among people
social cohesion · social integration · social harmony · social fabric · communal bonds
class divideequal opportunity
Unbiased chance for all
social mobility · meritocracy · level playing field · open society · equal access