working class

social class composed of members of the society employed in lower tier jobs
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working class

Summary

working class ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,002 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • working class is a type of social class[2].
  • working class is a type of high risk group[3].
  • working class's Commons category is recorded as Working class[4].
  • working class is the opposite of upper class[5].
  • working class comprises blue-collar worker[6].
  • working class's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Working class[7].
  • working class's facet of is recorded as class theory[8].
  • working class's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • working class's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • working class's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • working class's described by source is recorded as Pax Leksikon[12].
  • working class's has characteristic is recorded as low income[13].
  • working class's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include social class[2] and high risk group[3]. working class is the opposite of upper class[5].

Use and Application

working class comprises blue-collar worker[6].

Why It Matters

working class ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,002 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Albedo · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Opposite of upper class
    Described by source Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    Subclass of
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