Meaning & use
classist
Showing prejudice or discrimination based on a person's social or economic class.
See it in a sentence
Critics called the policy classist because it mainly benefited wealthy homeowners.
He made a classist remark about people who couldn't afford private school.
A note on using this word
"Classist" parallels words like "racist" and "sexist," describing prejudice based specifically on social class.
Words with a similar meaning
elitistsnobbish
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Words with an opposite meaning
egalitarian
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