class.html - See: HIGH-CLASS, SECOND CLASS.

class.html - adjective and noun (People and Society) adjective: Discriminating against a person or group of people because of their social class; class-prejudiced. noun : A person who holds class prejudices or advocates class discrimination. Etymology: Formed by adding the suffix -ist (as in racist and sexist) to class; the corresponding -ism (classism) is a much older word, going back to the middle of the nineteenth century. History and Usage: This word belongs to the debate about social attitudes and motivations which resulted from the feminist movement of the second half of the seventies. The user called another participant in the conversation 'a classist' for arguing that (particular) middle class values and behaviors were superior. American Speech Summer 1988, p. 183

class.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 any set of persons or things grouped together, or graded or differentiated from others esp. by quality (first class; economy class).
2 a a division or order of society (upper class; professional classes). b a caste system, a system of social classes. c (the classes) archaic the rich or educated.
3 colloq. distinction or high quality in appearance, behaviour, etc.; stylishness.
4 a a group of students or pupils taught together. b the occasion when they meet. c their course of instruction.
5 US all the college or school students of the same standing or graduating in a given year (the class of 1990).
6 (in conscripted armies) all the recruits of a given year (the 1950 class).
7 Brit. a division of candidates according to merit in an examination.
8 Biol. a grouping of organisms, the next major rank below a division or phylum.

--v.

tr. assign to a class or category.

class-conscious aware of and reacting to social divisions or one's place in a system of social class. class-consciousness this awareness. class-list Brit. a list of candidates in an examination with the class achieved by each. class war conflict between social classes. in a class of (or on) its (or one's) own unequalled. no class colloq. lacking quality or distinction. [L classis assembly]

class.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 a of the first class; of acknowledged excellence. b remarkably typical; outstandingly important (a classic case).
2 a of ancient Greek and Latin literature, art, or culture. b (of style in art, music, etc.) simple, harmonious, well-proportioned; in accordance with established forms (cf. ROMANTIC).
3 having literary or historic associations (classic ground).
4 (of clothes) made in a simple elegant style not much affected by changes in fashion.

--n.

1 a classic writer, artist, work, or example.
2 a an ancient Greek or Latin writer. b (in pl.) the study of ancient Greek and Latin literature and history. c archaic a scholar of ancient Greek and Latin.
3 a follower of classic models (cf. ROMANTIC).
4 a garment in classic style.
5 (in pl.) Brit. the classic races.

classic races Brit. the five main flat races, namely the Two Thousand and the One Thousand Guineas, the Derby, the Oaks, and the St Leger. [F classique or L classicus f. classis class]

class.html - adj.
1 a of ancient Greek or Latin literature or art. b (of language) having the form used by the ancient standard authors (classical Latin; classical Hebrew). c based on the study of ancient Greek and Latin (a classical education). d learned in classical studies.
2 a (of music) serious or conventional; following traditional principles and intended to be of permanent rather than ephemeral value (cf. POPULAR, LIGHT). b of the period from c.1750-1800 (cf. ROMANTIC).
3 a in or following the restrained style of classical antiquity (cf. ROMANTIC). b in or relating to a long-established style.
4 Physics relating to the concepts which preceded relativity and quantum theory.

classicalism n. classicalist n. classicality n. classically adv. [L classicus (as CLASSIC)]

class.html - n.
1 the following of a classic style.
2 a classical scholarship. b the advocacy of a classical education.
3 an ancient Greek or Latin idiom.

classicist n.