'ruling class' definitions:
Definition of 'ruling class'
(from WordNet)
noun
The class of people exerting power or authority [syn: ruling class, people in power]
Synonyms of 'ruling class'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aedileship,
- archbishopric,
- archiepiscopacy,
- archiepiscopate,
- aristocracy,
- barons,
- bishopric,
- bureaucracy,
- chairmanship,
- chancellery,
- chancellorate,
- chancellorship,
- chiefery,
- chiefry,
- chieftaincy,
- chieftainry,
- chieftainship,
- consulate,
- consulship,
- cream,
- deanery,
- dictatorship,
- dictature,
- directorate,
- directorship,
- elite,
- emirate,
- episcopacy,
- establishment,
- governorship,
- headship,
- hegemony,
- hierarchy,
- higher echelons,
- higher-ups,
- leadership,
- lords of creation,
- lordship,
- magistracy,
- magistrateship,
- magistrature,
- management,
- masterdom,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- mayoralty,
- mayorship,
- metropolitanate,
- metropolitanship,
- ministry,
- nobility,
- officialdom,
- overlapping,
- papacy,
- pashadom,
- pashalic,
- patriarchate,
- patriarchy,
- pontificality,
- pontificate,
- popedom,
- popehood,
- popeship,
- power elite,
- power structure,
- prefectship,
- prefecture,
- prelacy,
- premiership,
- presidency,
- presidentship,
- prime-ministership,
- prime-ministry,
- princedom,
- princeship,
- principality,
- proconsulate,
- proconsulship,
- protectorate,
- protectorship,
- provostry,
- provostship,
- rectorate,
- rectorship,
- regency,
- regentship,
- ruling circles,
- ruling classes,
- seigniory,
- seneschalship,
- seneschalsy,
- sheikhdom,
- sheriffalty,
- sheriffcy,
- sheriffdom,
- shrievalty,
- supervisorship,
- suzerainship,
- suzerainty,
- the administration,
- the authorities,
- the best,
- the best people,
- the brass,
- the Establishment,
- the ingroup,
- the interests,
- the people upstairs,
- the power elite,
- the power structure,
- the top,
- them,
- they,
- top brass,
- top people,
- tribunate,
- upper class,
- upper crust,
- vizierate,
- viziership