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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
Iris Chang

Meaning of "class-conscious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLASS-CONSCIOUS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLASS-CONSCIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Class-Conscious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CLASS-CONSCIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

class-conscious

Class consciousness

Class consciousness is a term used in social sciences and political theory, particularly Marxism, to refer to the beliefs that a person holds regarding their social class or economic rank in society, the structure of their class, and their class interests.

Definition of class-conscious in the English dictionary

The definition of class-conscious in the dictionary is aware of belonging to a particular social rank or grade, esp in being hostile or proud because of class distinctions.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLASS-CONSCIOUS

class roll
class society
class struggle
class system
class teacher
class war
class warfare
class-A amplifier
class-B amplifier
class-C amplifier
classable
classer
classes
classible
classic
classic blues
classic car
classical
classical college
classical conditioning

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLASS-CONSCIOUS

atrocious
audacious
auspicious
bootylicious
conscious
delicious
ferocious
gracious
luscious
malicious
precious
previous
self-conscious
spacious
specious
subconscious
suspicious
tenacious
unconscious
vicious
voracious

Synonyms and antonyms of class-conscious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «class-conscious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLASS-CONSCIOUS

Find out the translation of class-conscious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of class-conscious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «class-conscious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

觉悟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

con conciencia de clase
570 millions of speakers

English

class-conscious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वर्ग के प्रति सजग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الواعين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Сознательный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

consciência de classe
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্রেণীসচেতন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

conscience de classe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelas sedar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

klassenbewußten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

階級意識
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

계급 의식
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kelas-sadar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lớp có ý thức
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வர்க்கம் உணர்வு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर्ग-जागृत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sınıf farkı gözeten
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coscienza di classe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dbających klasy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Свідомий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

conștiință de clasă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταξική συνείδηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klas -bewuste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klassmedvetna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klassebevisste
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of class-conscious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLASS-CONSCIOUS»

The term «class-conscious» is normally little used and occupies the 125.356 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLASS-CONSCIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about class-conscious

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QUOTES WITH «CLASS-CONSCIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word class-conscious.
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Iris Chang
There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLASS-CONSCIOUS»

Discover the use of class-conscious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to class-conscious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Color Conscious: The Political Morality of Race
In Color Conscious, K. Anthony Appiah and Amy Gutmann, two eminent moral and political philosophers, seek to clear the ground for a discussion of the place of race in politics and in our moral lives.
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Amy Gutmann, 1998
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The Great Transformation
This means that holding education constant, Taiwanese who believe they belong to the "working class" are more class conscious than those who identify with the " middle class." It can also mean that, among those who identify with the "working ...
Robert Mortimer Marsh
3
Injury to Insult: Unemployment, Class, and Political Response
In Figure 10-7A we compare blue-collar workers who are class conscious — whose working-class identification is linked to a sense that workers should stick together — with those who are not — whose middle-class identification is reinforced ...
Kay Kehman Schlozman, 1981
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Social Class in America and Britain
In the narrowly defined sense of class identification and class awareness, Americans and Britons are similarly 'class conscious' . In the more broadly- defined sense of socio-political attitudes and behaviour, Americans are less ' class ...
Fiona Devine, 1997
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Social and Sexual Revolution: Essays on Marx and Reich
Finally, the step from being class conscious to engaging in action aimed at attaining class interests is an automatic one; the latter is already contained in the former as its practical side. It makes no sense in Marx's schema to speak of a class ...
Bertell Ollman, 1979
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The State: Critical Concepts
Yet if the ruling class or a segment of it is class-conscious, then the degree of autonomy of the state is clearly quite limited. At this point the theory of relative autonomy collapses back into a slightly more sophisticated version of instrumentalism.
John A. Hall, 1994
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The Samuel Gompers Papers: A national labor movement takes ...
issue of the American Federationist as follows: "The trade unions are organizing the wage earners in the class conscious struggle against all profit mongers under whatever shape they may appear or form they may assume, to battle for the ...
Stuart Bruce Kaufman, Peter J. Albert, Grace Palladino, 1991
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The Open Society and Its Enemies
In view of subsequent arguments, a linguistic remark may be added here on the Marxist terms usually translated by the words 'class-conscious' and 'class consciousness'. These terms indicate, first of all, the result of the process analysed ...
Karl Sir Popper, 2012
9
The Open Society and Its Enemies
In view of subsequent arguments, a linguistic remark may be added here on the Marxist terms usually translated by the words 'class-conscious' and 'class consciousness'. These terms indicate, first of all, the result of the process analysed ...
Karl Raimund Popper, Václav Havel, Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, 2011
10
A Defence of History and Class Consciousness: Tailism and ...
That means that, on the one hand, it depends on the content become conscious whether the consciousness that thinks can be recognised as conscious (class conscious), while, on the other hand, at the same time, the content must become  ...
Georg Lukács, György Lukács, Slavoj Žižek, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLASS-CONSCIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term class-conscious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Boston school bus drivers step up the fight
“Team Solidarity, with its militant, class-conscious program and tactics, swept all 18 leadership positions by a landslide. Our record of struggle ... «Workers World, Jul 15»
2
The extraordinary life of Whistler's mother
She was keenly class-conscious, and she could be overly protective. Had her children not inherited her self-reliance, she might have ... «The Conversation US, Jul 15»
3
Today in history: Earl Robinson, composer of “Joe Hill,” born
America" was a powerful blow against racism and a robust, class-conscious affirmation of multiculturalism and the "nobodies" who built our ... «People's World, Jul 15»
4
Crisis and opportunity as EU-Greece standoff comes to a head
The KKE has polled around 5 percent support – in a hotly contested vote such as this one the spoiling of so many ballots from class-conscious ... «Liberation, Jul 15»
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Five Lessons We Learned From Watching 'High Society'
Not unless he is ready to defy his class-conscious family and marry you. Are you watching this drama? What do you think? Copyright ⓒ 2015 ... «KDramaStars, Jul 15»
6
Villains in the family: Tracing our criminal ancestors is bound to be …
This phenomenon was not confined to class-conscious England. Americans used to squabble over the right to claim descent from the founding ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
7
Orchestra New England Can-Cans, Foxtrots, And Waltzes To Silent …
The Rink lacks some of the emotional appeal of Chaplin's most affecting work, but it abounds in the charming rebelliousness, class-conscious ... «New Haven Independent, Jun 15»
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'Criminals' on the ABC, back when the broadcaster had balls
The lead editorial described TDT as a “slanted, class-conscious, left-wing talk show” and asserted that “contact with law-breakers, ... «Crikey, Jun 15»
9
Do earthquakes kill?
The large-scale loss in Nepal attests to all of these economic markers, including the unequal and 'class-conscious' nature of a disaster . «E Kantipur, Jun 15»
10
Seeds of Bobby Jindal's political success were sown in India
... meetings, their families were of different worlds and economic levels, a potential obstacle to a permanent match in class-conscious India. «NOLA.com, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Class-Conscious [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/class-conscious>. Apr 2024 ».
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