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social class

group of people categorized in a hierarchy based on socioeconomic factors
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social class
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Summary

social class ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,160 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: social group[2]
  • Commons category: Social class[3]
  • Said to be the same as: social status[4]
  • Has cause: social stratification[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Social classes[6]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory[7], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[9]
  • Partially coincident with: social stratum[10]
  • Topic has template: Template:Social class[11]
  • Main Wikidata property: P3716[12]
  • Different from: Klasse[13]
  • Studied by: sociology[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

social class has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['class', 'social-class']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: social-class, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960030|social class (#289960030)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  2. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Politiklexikon id → 17707
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Politiklexikon id: 17707, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/112026787|Klasse (#112026787)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4373|Politiklexikon]] #mix'n'mat"
  3. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['class', 'social-class']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: class, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289920981|class (#289920981)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  4. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0249575-spolecenske-tridy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0249575-spolecenske-tridy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ Yso id: 6310, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  6. 23w ago · Jeb · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → Encyclopedia of Political Theory, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3
    Subclass of → social group
    Topic's main category → Category:Social classes
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Studied by: class theory"
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