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classness

classness noun: the condition of being a member of a (specified) class.

Noun

classness (uncountable)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) The condition of being a member of a (specified) class
    • The Times said she “shrugged off... sneers” about her working classness.2015 August 3, Roy Greenslade, “Cilla Black: a lorra lorra love in the national newspaper coverage”, in The Guardian

Origin of classness

From class + -ness.

Questions about classness

What does classness mean?
Classness means the condition of being a member of a (specified) class.
What part of speech is classness?
Classness is a noun.

Words near classness in the dictionary

  1. classmark
  2. classmarks
  3. classmate
  4. classmates
  5. classmen
  6. classness
  7. classpath
  8. classpaths
  9. classroom
  10. classroomese
  11. classroomful

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