Definitions for ruling class
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1. ruling class, people in powernoun

   the class of people exerting power or authority

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1. Ruling class

   In sociology, the ruling class of a society is the social class who set and decide the political and economic agenda of society. In Marxist philosophy, the ruling class are the capitalist social class who own the means of production and by extension determine and establish the dominant ideology (culture, mores, norms, traditions) of society by way of cultural hegemony. In the 21st century, the worldwide political economy established by globalization has created a transnational capitalist class that is not native to any one country.

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1. ruling class

   The ruling class is a social class or group which holds primary power and control in a society. This power is often exerted and maintained through economic and political institutions. Members of the ruling class typically come from a privileged background and utilize their position to maintain their wealth or power. The ruling class may consist of royalty, nobility, or a specific elite group, but may also be determined by the ruling ideology, such as capitalism or communism.

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1. Ruling class

   The term ruling class refers to the social class of a given society that decides upon and sets that society's political policy by mandating that there is one such particular class in the given society, and then appointing itself as that class. Sometimes, there is a ruling class in a particular sector of the upper class that adheres to quite specific circumstances: it has both the most material wealth and the most widespread influence over all the other classes, and it chooses to actively exercise that power to shape the direction of a locality, a country, and/or the world. A sociologist, C. Wright Mills, argued that the ruling class differs from the power elite. The latter simply refers to the small group of people with the most political power. Many of them are politicians, hired political managers, and military leaders. Under the Marxist view of capitalism, the ruling class, the capitalists or bourgeoisie, consists of those who own and control the means of production and thus are able to dominate and exploit the working class, getting them to labor enough to produce surplus-value, the basis for profits, interest, and rent. This property income can be used to accumulate more power, to extend class domination further. The economic power of such a class gives it extraordinary political power, so that state or government policies almost always reflect the perceived interests of that class.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ruling class in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ruling class in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of ruling class in a Sentence

1. Jim Ryun:

   This is just a continuation, though, as we see the bridges collapse, our borders overrun that the American people have not exactly been a priority for our ruling class.

2. Adam Smith:

   I would think that this is probably a cult center largely specializing in servicing the emerging rulers from the ruling class.

3. Bernie Sanders:

   All of that may be fantasy to the ruling class and the big money interests in this country. I don't think that's fantasy to the working people in this country who have worked longer hours for lower wages, who are tired of establishment politics and establishment economics, every proposal that we have brought forward, we've paid for ... Maybe the drug companies don't like it and the insurance companies don't like it. I think the American people do like it.

4. Melania Trump:

   Socialism is not about the environment, it's not about justice, it's not about virtue, socialism is about only one thing -- it's called power for the ruling class, that's what it is. Look at what's happening in Venezuela and so many other places.

5. Giuseppe Conte:

   The political forces that make up this government have been accused of being populist and anti-system..., if populism means the ruling class listens to the needs of the people ... (and) if anti-system means to aim to introduce a new system, which removes old privileges and encrusted power, well these political forces deserve both these epithets.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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