: a social class occupying a position above the middle class and having the highest status in a society
Examples of upper-class in a Sentence
Adjective
upper-class boys who had an entrenched sense of entitlement
Noun
a popular pastime among the upper classes
a member of the upper class
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Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Working-class residents battle with an upper-class outsider regarding the best way to kill the shark.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 8 June 2025
Claiming that free trade agreements have spurred upward social mobility, one of his slides asserted that the middle class has shrunk in recent years only because more people had moved into the upper class.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
And yet, there is a continued fascination with the upper-class way of life, with elements of that familiar TikTok trend of hashtag-Old Money becoming ever more present in recent collections.
—Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Working-class residents battle with an upper-class outsider regarding the best way to kill the shark.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
Noun
Most English-speakers in India are from the country's country's middle and upper classes.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 8 June 2025
Claiming that free trade agreements have spurred upward social mobility, one of his slides asserted that the middle class has shrunk in recent years only because more people had moved into the upper class.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Upper-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upper-class. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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