class consciousness

US: (klas′kon′shəs, kläs′-)

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ˈclass ˈcon•scious•ness, n. [uncountable]

1. Sociology awareness of one's social or economic rank in society.
2. Sociology a feeling of identification and togetherness with those of the same class as oneself.

class--con•scious, adj.: 

class-conscious people.

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class′ con′sciousness, 

1. Sociology awareness of one's own social or economic rank in society.
2. Sociology a feeling of identification and solidarity with those belonging to the same social or economic class as oneself.
• 1885–90
class-con•scious  (klas′kon′shəs, kläs′-), adj.