ruling class

aristocracy civility decorum elegance politeness propriety respectability

courtesy courtliness culture elite etiquette flower formality gentlefolk gentry nobility polish quality rank refinement society urbanity

blue blood gentle birth good breeding good family good manners high birth mannerliness optimacy upper class upper crust

bad manners impoliteness rudeness

coarseness crudeness roughness rusticity

dignity generosity grandeur greatness integrity superiority upper class virtue

elevation elite ennoblement exaltation excellence gentry glorification honor illustriousness incorruptibility loftiness magnanimity magnificence majesty nobleness patricians peerage royalty society stateliness sublimity uprightness worthiness

high society

dishonor insignificance unimportance

condemnation debasement denunciation depression humiliation

birth blood dignity elevation elite ennoblement exaltation excellence generosity gentry glorification grandeur greatness honor illustriousness incorruptibility integrity loftiness magnanimity magnificence majesty nobleness patricians peerage royalty society stateliness sublimity superiority uprightness virtue worthiness

blue blood high society upper class

condemnation debasement denunciation depression disgrace dishonor humiliation inferiority insignificance meanness selfishness unimportance

hierarchy

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

aristocracy better sort cream elite gentry patriciate privileged upper class upper crust