2. Noun. An advocate of classism ¹
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Definition of Classist
1. an advocate of classism [n -S] - See also: classism
Literary usage of Classist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Latin America Today by Pablo González Casanova (1993)
"In Latin America, we can observe the transformation of the democratic state into
an instrument of the classist-inspired economic strategies of exclusion; ..."
2. The Social Interpretation of History: A Refutation of the Marxian Economic by Maurice William (1921)
"You are not a classist, you are a Socialist. If any proof were necessary it is
to be had in the last paragraph of your statement from which the above was ..."
3. Black Ants and Buddhists: Thinking Critically and Teaching Differently in ...by Mary Cowhey by Mary Cowhey (2006)
"There was one loud teacher in particular who liked to "hold court" in the faculty
room. I was uncomfortable with his frequent racist and classist comments ..."
4. Prison Slavery by Barbara Esposito, Lee Wood, Kathryn Bardsley (1982)
"... racist and classist myths have sought to justify numan bondage, dollars and
cents have built its framework. Clinging to antebellum traditions in ..."
5. Idyllists of the Country Side: Being Six Commentaries Concerning Some of by George Herman Ellwanger (1896)
"White was a riper scholar and classist, as well as a scientist; and Thoreau, a
deeper thinker and a mystic, had also a wider knowledge of literature, ..."
6. Fertility: Current South African Issues of Poverty, HIV/AIDS & Youth ...by Human Sciences Research Council, Human Sciences Research Council (Hsre, South Africa Dept. of Social Development by Human Sciences Research Council, Human Sciences Research Council (Hsre, South Africa Dept. of Social Development (2003)
"Singer (1992) and Richardson (1994) observe that the very notion 'safe sex' is
part of a male-dominant, phallocentric, classist and exclusionary discourse. ..."
7. Agropolis: The Social, Political And Environmental Dimensions of Urban by Luc J. A. Mougeot (2005)
"... women's need for social relations that are not oppressive (for example, social
relations that are not sexist, racist, ageist on classist). ..."
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