Class and State

Class

Class noun - High position within society.

Usage example: the woman exudes an aura of class and breeding

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State and class are semantically related. in background topic. In some cases you can use "State" instead a noun "Class".

State noun - High position within society.

Usage example: Sir Thomas More was accorded an execution befitting his state: a beheading and not the hanging that common criminals received

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Class and state are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Class" instead a noun "State".

good	good class	good state
physical	physical class	physical state
similar	similar class	similar state
normal	normal class	normal state
Other adjectives: right, current, original, single, powerful, entire, rogue, advanced, final, next, last, different, higher, previous.

way	class way	state way
times	class times	state times

When insulting someone, particularly someone of a different race/class/state of living, it's common to call them a subperson rather than just accuse them of having a negative trait like being dumb.

Source: Dehumanizing Insult
Similarly, in Plato's Republic, all "marriages" among members of the ruling "guardian" class are arranged by the state.

Source: Bureaucratically Arranged Marriage
The reformist SPD the largest working-class based party in Germany feared mobilizing its ranks against Hitler, preferring parliamentary manuevers and appeals to the state instead.

Source: Divided We Fall

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