classless society

collocation in English

meaningsofclasslessandsociety

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classless
adjective
uk
/ˈklɑːs.ləs/us
/ˈklæs.ləs/
not belonging to a particular ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofclasslessandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A trulyclasslesssocietywould emerge as everyone co-operated on an equal footing.
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In this egalitarian andclasslesssocietythere are no political parties, no corruption, no wars, no lawyers, no prisons, and little crime.
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Socialism as a first phase of communism was considered a transition period from class-based societies to theclasslesssociety.
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Along with the building of aclasslesssociety, the cultural revolution tried to achieve, as quickly as possible, the full social equality of women.
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Is that how he intends to start building hisclasslesssociety?
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In aclasslesssociety, we cannot have tax breaks for the wealthy, or an honours list.
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I predict that the demoticallyclasslesssocietywill evolve into an even more horrible sense of separation between the haves and the have-nots.
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Does an open,classlesssocietyrequire a poll tax that levies the same on a shop assistant as on a stockbroker?
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I hope we are moving towards aclasslesssociety.
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They are the people whom theclasslesssocietywill never touch and was never intended to touch.
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Is such a process supposed to create theclasslesssociety?
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We have heard a lot of talk about theclasslesssociety, the honours system and elitism.
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At any rate, we have done our best to make this country into aclasslesssocietywhere, at least, we are equal.
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He was a multi-millionaire tycoon, and yet he really saw the need for aclasslesssocietyin which the workers had real responsibility.
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They are the instrument for bringing about the plentitude of goods which will make possible the transition from a class to aclasslesssociety.
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That is not a just society; it is certainly not aclasslesssociety; it is simply a bad society.
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We will not be able to achieve theclasslesssocietythat we all talk about until we get rid of private schools altogether.
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What place is there for them in hisclasslesssociety?
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What sort ofclasslesssocietywill it be if, as forecast, unemployment once again goes beyond the 2 million mark?
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