as in aristocratic
of high birth, rank, or station
upper-class boys who had an entrenched sense of entitlement
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as in aristocracy
the highest class in a society
a school founded to educate the children of the upper class
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Recent Examples of upper-class
Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Executives who are solely relying on their child’s experience in an upper-class New York or Los Angeles bubble is negligently ignoring a much broader youth experience across the country.
—Elsa Ramo, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
But putting upper class white people on edge is the satirical aim here, as is Chloe Fineman’s politically correct mom.
—Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Lulu is rescued from the streets by an upper-class man and remakes herself according to the desires of her admirers.
—Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Executives who are solely relying on their child’s experience in an upper-class New York or Los Angeles bubble is negligently ignoring a much broader youth experience across the country.
—Elsa Ramo, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
Our protagonist, Bernard Marx, is a sleep psychologist and an Alpha, a member of the upper class of society.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
But putting upper class white people on edge is the satirical aim here, as is Chloe Fineman’s politically correct mom.
—Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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Follow your gallery tour with a visit to another villa that once belonged to an aristocratic family—Villa Medici.Anna Haines, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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After her Emmy win for Succession, Snook took home an Olivier for playing all 26 roles in this new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s witty, haunting novel of vanity, aristocratic cruelty, and greed.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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One philosophy student, who was there for the third time, complained that Nietzsche, because of his high regard for the aristocracy, seemed to attract people who have money.Tania Roettger, The Dial, 5 Dec. 2024
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These vampires aren’t stand-ins for aristocracy or repressed desire.James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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In other words, a Barry Jenkins film about nobility, ancestry, and community.Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 20 Dec. 2024
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Orlok’s moldy-looking furs suggest Wallachian nobility, which goes with his Vlad the Impaler mustache.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024
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By Shannon Carlin August 1, 2024 8:06 AM EDT Kevin Kwan took inspiration for his best-selling 2013 rom-com, Crazy Rich Asians, from his own upper crust community in Singapore.Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
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The Gentlemen Netflix put a lot of FYC muscle into the adaptation of Guy Ritchie’s 2019 upper crust crime flick.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 July 2024
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The Whitehaven neighborhood had developed in the late 19th century and attracted as residents the Memphis gentry.Michael T. Bertrand, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
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Weather permitting but even in the occasional, rejuvenating drizzle, in wellies and hunting jackets like English gentry, Asher and Carol would tramp the grounds with the trio of dogs manic over every deer or rabbit.Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Upper-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upper-class. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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