class-conscious

adjective

class-con·​scious ˈklas-ˈkän(t)-shəs How to pronounce class-conscious (audio)
1
: actively aware of one's common status with others in a particular economic or social level of society
2
: believing in class struggle
class consciousness noun

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Boston was a heavily white city at the time, and O’Grady said her class-conscious parents didn’t relate to many of the African Americans there, including upper-class Black Bostonians. — Jillian Steinhauer, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024 What occurs is a brilliantly tense game of first-person hide-and-seek with a commanding sense of style: schlocky B-movie monster horror à la John Carpenter through the class-conscious lens of Ken Loach. — Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024

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First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of class-conscious was in 1899

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“Class-conscious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/class-conscious. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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