class-conscious
adjective
class-con·scious
ˈklas-ˈkän(t)-shəs 
1
: actively aware of one's common status with others in a particular economic or social level of society
2
: believing in class struggle
class consciousness
noun
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Fresh starts and reinvention have been a lure since the first gold seekers — the ones digging actual nuggets — flocked here from the more straitened and class-conscious East Coast.
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2024
On Victory Day the boy Raban, not yet three years old, is standing in pajamas at his bedroom window, looking down at the celebrations and longing to join the village lads scampering below (his class-conscious mother has long ago warned him against playing with them).
—Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 19 Jan. 2023
This paradigm imagines the class-conscious Evangelical clamoring for elite access and finally getting it.
—Andrew T. Walker, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
If that makes the Troisgros family seem an incongruous choice of subject for this most class-conscious of American filmmakers, Wiseman has never been one to shy away from contradictions.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
The tactile, class-conscious aesthetic of haves (Ali Wong’s Amy) and have-nots (Steven Yeun’s Danny), created by production designer Grace Yun and art director Michael Hersey, pursue a metaphorical vision.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 31 May 2023
Students for Fair Admissions has argued that, instead of considering race, schools should implement class-conscious admissions practices, according to Reuters.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 31 May 2023
The show's success speaks to audiences' appetite for class-conscious entertainment that recognizes the struggle of late-stage capitalism.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2023
For decades, Richard Kahlenberg has pushed for a class-conscious approach to college admissions.
—Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2024
On Victory Day the boy Raban, not yet three years old, is standing in pajamas at his bedroom window, looking down at the celebrations and longing to join the village lads scampering below (his class-conscious mother has long ago warned him against playing with them).
—Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 19 Jan. 2023
This paradigm imagines the class-conscious Evangelical clamoring for elite access and finally getting it.
—Andrew T. Walker, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
If that makes the Troisgros family seem an incongruous choice of subject for this most class-conscious of American filmmakers, Wiseman has never been one to shy away from contradictions.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
The tactile, class-conscious aesthetic of haves (Ali Wong’s Amy) and have-nots (Steven Yeun’s Danny), created by production designer Grace Yun and art director Michael Hersey, pursue a metaphorical vision.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 31 May 2023
Students for Fair Admissions has argued that, instead of considering race, schools should implement class-conscious admissions practices, according to Reuters.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 31 May 2023
The show's success speaks to audiences' appetite for class-conscious entertainment that recognizes the struggle of late-stage capitalism.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2023
For decades, Richard Kahlenberg has pushed for a class-conscious approach to college admissions.
—Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
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