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Definitions

leisure-class

ADJECTIVE
moneyed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
affluent upscale wealthy well-heeled well-off well-to-do
WEAK
fat-cat flush loaded opulent prosperous upper-class uptown
Antonyms
STRONGEST
destitute lacking needy poor wanting

Example Sentences

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Vincent’s day job as a senior reporter for the Verge plants him firmly in the present, and he brings the reader up to the current craze of the leisure class: the “quantified self” movement.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2022

Gillespie said the rule is "kind of a holdover from the leisure class."

From Fox News • Sep. 6, 2021

It left smug, witless readers of the leisure class amused.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2019

Here, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett updates Veblen's analysis, arguing that the leisure class is now aspirational, and that consumption has become inconspicuous — all heirloom vegetables and electric cars.

From Nature • May 30, 2017

A jungle yields no abundance to feed the multitudes, and supports no leisure class.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver