class structure

/klæs ˌstrʌktʃər/
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Other forms: class structures

Definitions of class structure
  1. noun
    the organization of classes within a society
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    types:
    caste system
    a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity
    type of:
    social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, structure
    the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
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