class discrimination

Discrimination on the basis of social class

Also known as classism

Instance of: discrimination
Subclass of: discrimination

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Class discrimination, also known as classism, is prejudice or discrimination on the basis of social class. It includes individual attitudes, behaviors, systems of policies and practices that are set up to benefit the upper class at the expense of the lower class. Social class refers to the grouping of individuals in a hierarchy based on wealth, income, education, occupation, and social network.

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17 statements · 18% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Different from: elitism
Facet of: class struggle

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14 identifiers linking class discrimination across the web's reference databases

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18%

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