Breeding and Class

Breeding

Breeding noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.

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Class and breeding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Class" instead a noun "Breeding". informal substitute

Nearby Words: breed, breeder

Class noun - One of the segments of society into which people are grouped.

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Breeding and class are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Breeding" instead a noun "Class".

old	old breeding	old class
good	good breeding	good class
female	female breeding	female class
high	high breeding	high class
Other adjectives: low, normal, specific, current, proper, actual, main.

In this depiction, expect the 'class and breeding' the Blue Bloods and Old Money types obsess over to be codewords for snobbery, arrogant entitlement and stuffy, fusty over-adherence to pointless tradition.

Source: Nouveau Riche
Women are second-class, fit only for breeding strong sons and waiting on their menfolk.

Source: No Woman's Land
Farmer Palmer in Viz is very proud of his cyclops grandson, the result of generations of first-class in-breeding.

Source: Cyclops

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