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Ruling class Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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ruling class
n : the class of people exerting power or authority

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Noun
1. the class of people exerting power or authority
(hypernym) upper class, upper crust
Ruling class Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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The term ruling class refers to the social class of a given society that decides upon and sets that society's political policy by assuming there is one such particular class in the given society.

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Ruling class Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
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the higher circles of power in society. An economic class that rules politically.  In Marxian analyses this ruling class is associated with the bourgeoisie and owns the means of production.