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  1. upper middle classnoun

    A social and economic class lying above the lower middle class and below the upper class.

  2. upper middle classnoun

    the groups in society composed of highly educated professionals and middle managerial level workers.

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  1. Upper middle class

    In sociology, the upper middle class is the social group constituted by higher status members of the middle class. This is in contrast to the term lower middle class, which is used for the group at the opposite end of the middle-class stratum, and to the broader term middle class. There is considerable debate as to how the upper middle class might be defined. According to sociologist Max Weber, the upper middle class consists of well-educated professionals with postgraduate degrees and comfortable incomes. The American upper middle class is defined similarly using income, education, and occupation as the predominant indicators. In the United States, the upper middle class is defined as consisting mostly of white-collar professionals who not only have above-average personal incomes and advanced educational degrees but also a higher degree of autonomy in their work. The main occupational tasks of upper-middle-class individuals tend to center on conceptualizing, consulting, and instruction.

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  1. Upper middle class

    The upper middle class is a sociological concept referring to the social group constituted by higher-status members of the middle class. This is in contrast to the term "lower middle class", which is used for the group at the opposite end of the middle class stratum, and to the broader term "middle class". There is considerable debate as to how the upper middle class might be defined. According to sociologist Max Weber the upper middle class consists of well-educated professionals with graduate degrees and comfortable incomes. The American upper middle class is defined similarly using income, education and occupation as the predominant indicators. In the United States, the upper middle class is defined as consisting mostly of white-collar professionals who not only have above-average personal incomes and advanced educational degrees but also a higher degree of autonomy in their work. The main occupational tasks of upper-middle-class individuals tend to center on conceptualizing, consulting, and instruction.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of upper middle class in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of upper middle class in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of upper middle class in a Sentence

  1. Judith Martin, (Miss Manners):

    There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class.

  2. Michel Hockx:

    What we are talking about here really are the upper middle class and above -- people who are aware of what education systems are like in other parts of the world.

  3. Judith Martin:

    There are three social classes in America upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class.


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  • classe moyenne supérieureFrench
  • மேல் நடுத்தர வர்க்கம்Tamil

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