leisure-class

Example Sentences

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The expanding leisure class of the late 19th century was, as Fischer writes, “driven to consume, eager for diversion and entertainment.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022

Gillespie said the rule is "kind of a holdover from the leisure class."

From Fox News • Sep. 6, 2021

Veblen observed a world in which that leisure class, looking down its collective nose at the laboring masses, was all around him, but he saw evidence of something else as well.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2019

Here, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett updates Veblen's analysis, arguing that the leisure class is now aspirational, and that consumption has become inconspicuous — all heirloom vegetables and electric cars.

From Nature • May 30, 2017

A jungle yields no abundance to feed the multitudes, and supports no leisure class.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver