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Social classes

Bourgeoisie
The wealthy stratum of the middle class that originated during the latter part of the Middle Ages
Class consciousness
Awareness of one's social class
Clergy
Formal leaders within established religions
Eunuch
Castrated male human
Middle class
Class of people in the middle of a societal hierarchy
Peasant
Pre-industrial agricultural laborer or farmer with limited land ownership
Proletariat
Class of wage-earners
Ruling class
Social class of a given society that decides upon and sets that society's political agenda
Social class
Hierarchical stratification of societies
Underclass
Segment of the population that occupies the lowest possible position in a class hierarchy
Upper class
Social class composed of the wealthiest members of society, who also wield the greatest political power
Working class
Social class composed of members of the society employed in lower tier jobs