classist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *klāssis

Latin classisder.

Middle French classebor.

English class

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English classist

From class + -ist.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈklæsɪst/

Adjective

classist (comparative more classist, superlative most classist)

1. Of or pertaining to classism.
   • 2018 May 28, Jessica Pressler, “Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It”, in New York Magazine‎^[1]:

     Please and thank you were not in her vocabulary, and she would sometimes say things that were “Not racist,” Neff said, “but classist.” (“What are you bitches, broke?” Anna asked her and another hotel employee.)

Synonyms

• stratified

Translations

pertaining to classism

• Catalan: classista
• French: classiste (fr)
• German: klassistisch (de)
• Spanish: clasista (es)

Noun

classist (plural classists)

1. An advocate of classism.

Translations

advocate of classism

• Catalan: classista m or f
• French: classiste (fr) m or f by sense
• German: Klassist m
• Spanish: clasista (es) m or f