Definition of Overclass

1. Noun. A powerful, privileged social class. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overclass

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overclass

overchill
overchilled
overchilling
overchills
overchlorinated
overchoreograph
overchoreographed
overchoreographing
overcivil
overcivilized
overclad
overclaim
overclaimed
overclaiming
overclaims
overclean
overcleaned
overcleaning
overcleans
overclear
overcleared
overclearing
overclears

Literary usage of Overclass

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Indian Tea: Its Culture and Manufacture. Being a Text Book on the by Claud Bald (1908)
"It is of no use attempting to overclass a tea. All teas drawn from them, and a high sounding name applied to a coarse tea, is more likely to engender ..."

2. The Protest Ethic: How the Anti-Globalisation Movement Challenges Social by John Lloyd (2001)
"The spread of capitalism around the world has produced, almost everywhere, a global overclass, defined not just by wealth, but by technocratic skills. ..."

3. Annual Report: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Oregon State by Oregon State Horticultural Society (1916)
"... enough so as to bring the branches near the ground, hogs will often shake off large quantities of fruit. One should not try to overclass the orchard. ..."

4. A Retrospect of Political & Commercial Affairs in China & Japan, During the by Richard Simpson Gundry (1878)
"Arrivals were very small, and as the selection on offer was of a most inferior nature, there was a tendency on the part of buyers to overclass teas. ..."

5. Memoirs of a Winner by Gary Ward Scott (2007)
"... an overclass neighborhood 30 years ago or more, and now is home to working middle class families, professional offices, small economy hotels, ..."

6. Official Catalogue of Exhibits, Essays, Etc. by Philadelphia exhibition, Commission, Victoria (1876)
"CLASS 503.—Hoisting machinery and accessories. WHITE, DAVID, Stawell. 1718 Patent Model Safety Hook, to prevent accidents from overCLASS ..."

7. Ageing and Long-Term Care: National Policies in the Asia-Pacific by David R. Phillips, Alfred C. M. Chan, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (2002)
""The Underclass among the overclass". In Singapore: Towards a Developed Status, edited by L. Low. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1999. ..."

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