How to Use classism in a Sentence

classism

noun

• There’s a sexism to that and there’s also a classism to that.
  — Rhonda Garelick As Told To Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 1 Feb. 2018
• There can be an inescapable sense of classism at play when some folks talk about tackiness.
  — Marie Southard Ospina, refinery29.com, 26 Jan. 2021
• Dance world classism is so entrenched, it’s begun to affect the artists themselves.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2023
• Bad Hair attempts to touch on all of these complexities, from colorism to classism and more, all in its own campy way.
  — Kim Wong-Shing, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2020
• The company’s blue check mark had become a point of contention among some Twitter users, who saw it as a symbol of classism.
  — Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022
• The half-hour run time keeps the episodes snappy, as do the thoughtful interrogations of classism, the American Dream, and first-gen guilt.
  — James Grebey, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2023
• The voices were mum again and mentions of classism and corruption were saved for social media.
  — Teen Vogue, 21 Mar. 2019
• This is where the conversation about classism comes into play.
  — Olivia Fleming, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Nov. 2019
• After all, this is a story about classism — the wealthy, miserable Scrooge contrasted with the poor, happy Cratchit.
  — Jerald Pierce, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2019
• Is contributing to classism going to protect the babies of Black women?
  — Aaliyah Miller, refinery29.com, 29 Dec. 2020
• The play is recommended for ages 13-up due to the use of adult language and frank discussions of body shaming, classism, colorism and self-image.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 27 Apr. 2022
• But no one would say that stealing that rich person's wallet or stealing that rich person's car is reverse classism.
  — Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2022
• Zootopia One probably wouldn't expect to see a kids' movie address xenophobia, sexism, and classism, but Zootopia does just that...
  — Mehera Bonner and Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 5 Sep. 2019
• The real problem is not these athletes taking a knee, but race relations and classism in America.
  — Napoleon Harris Iii, Daily Southtown, 2 June 2018
• At the time of its publication, this was undoubtedly a comment on classism.
  — Vanessa Golembewski, Glamour, 2 July 2018
• But there have also been reviews (including in this paper) that wonder if the protagonist is a punching bag for cheap laughs and classism.
  — Taffy Brodesser-Akner, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2018
• Among those opposed to his candidacy, classism has bubbled just below the surface.
  — Washington Post, 3 June 2021
• The global approaches of Ambedkar and Du Bois must serve as an inspiration in the fight against white supremacy and Brahmin supremacy—as well as against classism, sexism and empire.
  — Cornel West and Suraj Yengde, The Root, 12 June 2017
• An underdog from a slum, Maradona took this classism personally.
  — Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2019
• But working in Europe means adjusting to more subtle forms of racial prejudice—which often intersect with a strong vein of classism, say many Black execs who have done tours abroad.
  — Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2020
• This is not the kind of drink that would have been served five years ago in a place that serves tater tots, but fortunately for us, that sort of potable and edible classism has largely been relegated to history’s dustbin.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• Due to systematic racism and classism, styles that originate within marginalized groups often come with a stigma attached to them.
  — Teen Vogue Staff, Teen Vogue, 6 July 2017
• The comic strip adaptation tackled race, classism, and even R. Kelly (before the recent onslaught of headlines and eventual charges).
  — Joi-Marie McKenzie, Essence, 24 Dec. 2019
• Though disguised as a gift for restaurant workers, their policy is actually a gross endorsement of greed and classism.
  — Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 21 Dec. 2020
• Is the show a critique of capitalism writ large or simply commentary about wealth inequality and classism in South Korea?
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
• It’s also about addiction, lucid dreaming, British classism, lies, and trauma.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2021
• The court is an agent of a larger wine culture that often promotes not only outdated gender norms but also racial disparities and classism.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 12 Nov. 2020
• Larry Miller’s turn as a surly doorman who makes Jerry’s life a living hell — first by taunting him over alleged classism, then by forcing him to stand in as the doorman to Mr. Pitt’s building—is top-tier guest-spot material.
  — Larry Fitzmaurice, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2021
• The company’s blue check mark, which had been used by the company for years to verify public officials as authentic, has been a point of contention among some Twitter users, who have seen it as a symbol of classism.
  — Tim Higgins, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2022
• Their mother, Mina Smallman, believed the police did not search for her daughters because of racial profiling and classism — an accusation that the force denied.
  — Aina J. Khan, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024