class structure

NOUN

pecking order

Synonyms

STRONGEST

food chain hierarchy power structure social structure

WEAK

chain of command corporate ladder dominance due order echelons grouping line of dominance order placing position ranking scale social hierarchy social ladder social pyramid social stratification

NOUN

power structure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hierarchy ruling class

WEAK

corridors of power establishment interests managerial hierarchy power elite powers that be status system stratification

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“Making sense of the beer business can be like understanding American class structure: There are fewer people at the top than at the bottom,” he writes.

From Slate • Jul. 5, 2023

At the top of the Yuan class structure were Mongols, followed by non-Chinese people, who were Europeans or previous steppe inhabitants like the Jurchen, Tangut, and Khitan.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

For his second Palme d’Or-winning satire, Ruben Ostlund follows up the art-world raspberry “The Square” with a savage, at-times stomach-turning comedy about the ultrawealthy that morphs into a wild upending of class structure.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023

I can do without a housemaid and the class structure she represents, but imagine living in a world where doctors made house calls!

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2022

Occupational differences within the city led to a differentiated class structure.

From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott

class structure

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