Class
Class noun - Dignified or restrained beauty of form, appearance, or style.
Usage example: an old mansion with tremendous class that puts today's gaudy behemoths to shame
Refinement is a synonym for class in style topic. In some cases you can use "Refinement" instead a noun "Class".
Refinement
Refinement noun - A high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts.
Usage example: had a sense of refinement that her small hometown couldn't satisfy, so she moved to New York City to be closer to great museums and concert halls
Class is a synonym for refinement in style topic. Sometimes you can use "Class" instead a noun "Refinement".
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- If you don't do so well in Princess Maker 2, but just enough to give your daughter good stats (specially Charisma and Refinement), she may end up being a high-class prostitute.
Source: High-Class Call Girl -
On the other hand, knowing the right tailor and the exact cut of clothing that was considered in fashion could be controlled by an elite without reference to wealth, and "class" and "refinement" cannot be bought.
Source: Simple Yet Opulent -
High-Class Call Girl: Miss Trixie, though she doesn't have the refinement or discretion typical of the trope.Addie: Imogene, what do you suppose Miss Trixie'd do if somebody offered her $25 to put out?
Source: Film / Paper Moon
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