classlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈklɑːsləs/,

/ˈklasləs/, U.S.

/ˈklæsləs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: class n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < class n. + -less suffix. Compare German klassenlos (1831 or earlier in sense 1, 1884 (in F. Engels) or earlier in sense 2, in the latter sense frequent in Marxist and other Socialist writings).

1. Showing no obvious signs of belonging to any particular social class; not typically associated with particular social class.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > outcast or untouchable > [adjective]

unclassed1781

casteless1821

outcaste1838

classless1878

1878 G. R. L. Marriott tr. E. de Laveleye Primitive Prop. 237 Classless, wanderers, and fugitives.

1958 Oxf. Mail 22 Aug. 5/5 I reckon I'm classless myself.

1959 Listener 2 Apr. 610/1 The actors had been schooled..to speak in mercifully classless voices.

1959 Times 15 June 11/3 Shoplifting is a relatively ‘classless’ crime.

1982 A. Price Old ‘Vengeful’ ii. 42 The new voice..was..unidentifiably classless.

1999 BBC Top Gear Mag. Aug. 57/1 Things like the Golf may be classless, but they're also hugely aspirational.

2. Of a society: not divided into social classes. Frequently in classless society.

ΚΠ

1913 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 27 568 Manifestly, conditions are widely different from those in our supposed classless societies.

1931 A. L. Rowse Politics & Younger Generation ix. 230 The objective is the classless state.

1959 H. Gaitskell in Observer 29 Nov. 6/6 We believe in a ‘classless society’—a society without the snobbery, the privilege or the restrictive social barriers which are still far too prevalent in Britain to-day.

1969 Jrnl. Contemp. Hist. 4 43 Horowitz..demanded..the creation of a classless nation.

1979 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 9 Dec. 9/2 To really make a society classless..would be to primitivize it.

2007 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 40 100 They considered a successful eugenics aiming at better health, intelligence and ethics could only succeed in a free classless society where people lived in equality.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	classless
释义	classlessadj. Brit. /ˈklɑːsləs/, /ˈklasləs/, U.S. /ˈklæsləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: class n., -less suffix. Etymology: < class n. + -less suffix. Compare German klassenlos (1831 or earlier in sense 1, 1884 (in F. Engels) or earlier in sense 2, in the latter sense frequent in Marxist and other Socialist writings). 1. Showing no obvious signs of belonging to any particular social class; not typically associated with particular social class. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > outcast or untouchable > [adjective] unclassed1781 casteless1821 outcaste1838 classless1878 1878 G. R. L. Marriott tr. E. de Laveleye Primitive Prop. 237 Classless, wanderers, and fugitives. 1958 Oxf. Mail 22 Aug. 5/5 I reckon I'm classless myself. 1959 Listener 2 Apr. 610/1 The actors had been schooled..to speak in mercifully classless voices. 1959 Times 15 June 11/3 Shoplifting is a relatively ‘classless’ crime. 1982 A. Price Old ‘Vengeful’ ii. 42 The new voice..was..unidentifiably classless. 1999 BBC Top Gear Mag. Aug. 57/1 Things like the Golf may be classless, but they're also hugely aspirational. 2. Of a society: not divided into social classes. Frequently in classless society. ΚΠ 1913 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 27 568 Manifestly, conditions are widely different from those in our supposed classless societies. 1931 A. L. Rowse Politics & Younger Generation ix. 230 The objective is the classless state. 1959 H. Gaitskell in Observer 29 Nov. 6/6 We believe in a ‘classless society’—a society without the snobbery, the privilege or the restrictive social barriers which are still far too prevalent in Britain to-day. 1969 Jrnl. Contemp. Hist. 4 43 Horowitz..demanded..the creation of a classless nation. 1979 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 9 Dec. 9/2 To really make a society classless..would be to primitivize it. 2007 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 40 100 They considered a successful eugenics aiming at better health, intelligence and ethics could only succeed in a free classless society where people lived in equality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1878
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