Definition of classism
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: a belief that a person's social or economic station in society determines their value in that society
[Michael] Moore helped create the era of snark, but he also bore a lot of it, and much of the criticism of him carries a whiff of classism.— Jessica Pressler
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: behavior that reflects this belief : prejudice or discrimination based on class
… the show explores classism and white privilege by comparing how school administrators treat him, as a rich white boy from a family with Ivy League pedigree, versus how they treat Latina and working-class Moe. — Roxana Hadadi
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: the systemic oppression of the lower class and middle class to the advantage of the upper class
Further, this is one way to dismantle the power difference society's privileges grant us through such institutions as racism or classism …— Sarah Lucia Hoagland
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The first known use of classism was in 1842
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