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Epstein class

Epstein class proper noun: a class of elites in the United States that is associated with Jeffrey Epstein, and possibly involved in his crimes.

Proper noun

the Epstein class

  1. (US) A class of elites in the United States that is associated with Jeffrey Epstein, and possibly involved in his crimes.
    • Can you give us a status update [on the Epstein files]? How much is still out there?
      At least 50 percent still has been hidden, covered up. But what has been released is shocking. [Rep. Thomas] Massie and I didn’t think we’d get this far. They’ve released a fair amount. They’re keeping the worst...2026 March 2, Astead Herndon, Cameron Peters, quoting Ro Khanna, “The “Epstein class,” explained: Why Rep. Ro Khanna isn’t done talking about the Epstein files”, in Vox, archived from the original on...
  2. (US, collective, derogatory) Wealthy and powerful people; billionaires.
    • “We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans,” Senator Jon Ossoff, Democrat of Georgia, said in a speech last weekend. “But this is a government of, by and for the ultrarich. It is the wealthiest cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class, ruling our country.”2026 February 11, David Wallace-Wells, quoting Jon Ossoff, “Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2026...

Examples of Epstein class in a sentence

  • Then the sequence of renormalizations {ℛⁿ(f)} is bounded in the Cʳ⁻¹ metric and converges Cʳ⁻¹ exponentially fast to the Epstein class.1999 December, Edson de Faria, Welington de Melo, “Rigidity of critical circle mappings I”, in Journal of the European Mathematical...
  • By Lemma 2.13, any limit map F belongs to the Epstein class Ɛℱ_α where α = λ/2.2020 November, Hao Yang Ji, Si Min Li, “The Attractor of Fibonacci-like Renormalization Operator”, in Acta Mathematica Sinica, volume 36...
  • The Epstein class is a natural class of analytic maps which contains the limit points of renormalizations of smooth maps (see de Melo and van Strien 1993).2022 September, Gabriela Estevez, Daniel Smania, Michael Yampolsky, “Renormalization of Analytic Multicritical Circle Maps with Bounded...

Forms of Epstein class

pluralEpstein classes

Origin of Epstein class

Named for French mathematician Q130087037 (Q130087037) (1932-2024).

By analogy with ruling class. Coined in early 2026.

Questions about Epstein class

What does Epstein class mean?
Epstein class means a class of elites in the United States that is associated with Jeffrey Epstein, and possibly involved in his crimes.
How do you use Epstein class in a sentence?
Then the sequence of renormalizations {ℛⁿ(f)} is bounded in the Cʳ⁻¹ metric and converges Cʳ⁻¹ exponentially fast to the Epstein class.
What part of speech is Epstein class?
Epstein class is a proper noun.

Words near Epstein class in the dictionary

  1. EPSP
  2. EPSPs
  3. EPSS
  4. epstein
  5. Epstein Ballroom
  6. Epstein class
  7. Epstein classes
  8. Epstein coalition
  9. Epstein files
  10. Epstein Island
  11. Epstein regime

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