leisure-class
Example Sentences
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The expanding leisure class of the late 19th century was, as Fischer writes, “driven to consume, eager for diversion and entertainment.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022
Gillespie said the rule is "kind of a holdover from the leisure class."
From Fox News • Sep. 6, 2021
Veblen observed a world in which that leisure class, looking down its collective nose at the laboring masses, was all around him, but he saw evidence of something else as well.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2019
But the railroad accelerated its growth as courses and hotels were built on the coasts of Scotland and England to appeal to a newly mobile leisure class.
From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2018
A jungle yields no abundance to feed the multitudes, and supports no leisure class.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
