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

Examples of class-conscious in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The holiday, as well as the premiere of the class-conscious The Devil Wears Prada 2, make tonight as good a night as any to throw on Boots Riley’s 2018 cutting send-up of corporate oppression. — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 1 May 2026

Never before has the dream of a better, fairer world been a matter of concern for one of its natural, at least from a class-conscious, Marxist standpoint, opponents. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026

Allie and Noah come across as a couple of cute kids who have the hots for one another, but struggle against the constraints placed around Allie by her dishonest and overly class-conscious puppet master of a mother. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 19 Nov. 2025

Good Fortune is a class-conscious comedy that follows Arj, played by writer-director Aziz Ansari, as an Angeleno trying to make ends meet by picking up Taskrabbit-style odd jobs, working for various transport and food-delivery apps, and doing the occasional big-box retail stint. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025

The Friend is Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s class-conscious lament for how urban sophisticates (Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, and a Great Dane) deny but can’t escape spiritual obligations. — Armond White, National Review, 9 July 2025

The show's success speaks to audiences' appetite for class-conscious entertainment that recognizes the struggle of late-stage capitalism. — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 June 2025

This is a chatty, class-conscious relationship drama about the challenges of intimacy and the dangers of distance, and its characters are overpowered by the sheer resourcefulness with which Soderbergh brings them to life. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for class-conscious

• conscious
• preconscious
• subconscious
• unconscious