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Discrimination or prejudice that is based on social class, especially against those of lower social class.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh1-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classisder. Middle French classebor. English class Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English classism From class + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
طَبَقِيَّة
(ṭabaqiyya)
— discrimination based on social class
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Arabic:
تَمَايُز طَبَقِيّ
(tamāyuz ṭabaqiyy)
— discrimination based on social class
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Catalan:
classisme
— discrimination based on social class
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Chinese Mandarin:
階級歧視 /阶级歧视
— discrimination based on social class
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Dutch:
klassisme
— discrimination based on social class
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Finnish:
luokkasyrjintä
— discrimination based on social class
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French:
classisme
— discrimination based on social class
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German:
Klassismus
— discrimination based on social class
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Italian:
classismo
— discrimination based on social class
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Kapampangan:
klasismu
— discrimination based on social class
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Polish:
klasizm
— discrimination based on social class
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Portuguese:
elitismo classista
— discrimination based on social class
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Russian:
классизм
(klassizm)
— discrimination based on social class
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Spanish:
clasismo
— discrimination based on social class
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Tagalog:
klasismo
— discrimination based on social class
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Turkish:
sınıfçılık
— discrimination based on social class