a social stratum consisting of educated and wealthy persons considered to control the economic power of a country
Word origin
[1990–95]This word is first recorded in the period 1990–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Plug and Play, information superhighway, macarena, molecular knife, uptalk
Examples of 'overclass' in a sentence
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Unlike the underclass, the fathers in the overclass work.
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Today's 'overclass' is as socially excluded as yesterday's underclass.
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The overclass live in a parallel universe to the rest of us.
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For this lot are, in their own opinion, more of an overclass.
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The problems for this digital overclass will come when those on the outside ask what's in it for them.
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Second, the arrogant overclass should be fined for causing a public nuisance due to a road having to be closed.
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The overclass travel much more than the underclass, but in a way that keeps their bubble intact.
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The overclass generally manage to pay less tax - proportionately, at least - than the rest of us.