Class
Class noun - High position within society.
Usage example: the woman exudes an aura of class and breeding
Precedence and class are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Precedence" instead a noun "Class".
Precedence
Precedence noun - The right to one's attention before other things considered less important.
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Synonyms for Precedence
Class and precedence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Class" instead a noun "Precedence".
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How words are described
| high | high class | high precedence |
| full | full class | full precedence |
| real | real class | real precedence |
| aristocratic | aristocratic class | aristocratic precedence |
| Other adjectives: higher. | ||
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Parodied in the Diogenes Club story "The Gypsies in the Wood", where Uncle Sat's Faerie stories have an insanely complicated class structure as an essential part of the text, leading to kids have similar arguments about orders of precedence.
Source: Hypothetical Fight Debate - Hypothetical Fight Debate: Parodied in the story "The Gypsies in the Wood", where Uncle Sat's Faerie stories have an insanely complicated class structure as an essential part of the text, leading to kids have similar arguments about orders of precedence.
Source: Literature / Diogenes Club - Themes of racial identity may also take precedence - older works tend to deal with the complexities of passing and modern works tend to deal with assimilation versus keeping one's identity, and class divides within the community.
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