classism
noun[U]
uk/ˈklɑː.sɪ.zəm/us/ˈklæs.ɪ.zəm/unfairtreatmentof ornegativeopinionsabout someonebasedontheirsocialclass(=economicandsocialposition),especiallybecause they arethoughtto be from alowsocialclass:
Medicine, sheclaims, has ahistoryofsexismand classism.
They had manyobstaclestoovercomeas theyfacedracismand classism.
- There was asocialrevolutionthatshatteredinstitutionalracism,sexismand classism.
- There is noplaceforracism, classism, ablism orsexisminouroffice.
- The showperceivesinfertilitythrough thelensofitsown classism,supportingtheideathat suchproblemsarefoundonly in upper-middle-classmarriages.
Class & class-consciousness in general
- anti-bourgeois
- anti-snob
- arriviste
- bougie
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- heap
- petit bourgeois
- petty bourgeois
- pleb
- plebby
- social mobility
- the bottom of the heapidiom
- the gentry
- the petite bourgeoisie
- the upper crust
- trailer trash
- underclass
- upper class
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Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly