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Antonyms for leisure-class

Grammar : Adj

Definition of leisure-class

  • As in moneyed : adj rich
Example sentences :
  • Few are the leisure-class people who pursue writing as an art.
  • Extract from : « A Hundred and Sixty Books by Washington Authors » by Various
  • Very fitly does Mr. Veblen, in his interesting book, call decorum "a product and an exponent of the leisure-class life."
  • Extract from : « Bushido, the Soul of Japan » by Inazo Nitob
  • It is rather that the leisure-class scheme of life here comes to an expression at the second remove.
  • Extract from : « The Theory of the Leisure Class » by Thorstein Veblen
  • As a leisure-class usage of this kind we have, particularly, that bizarre survival of bellicose chivalry, the German student duel.
  • Extract from : « The Theory of the Leisure Class » by Thorstein Veblen
  • The leisure-class canon demands strict and comprehensive futility, the instinct of workmanship demands purposeful action.
  • Extract from : « The Theory of the Leisure Class » by Thorstein Veblen
  • These aptitudes and habits have an exceptionally favorable chance of survival under the leisure-class regime.
  • Extract from : « The Theory of the Leisure Class » by Thorstein Veblen
  • The positive discipline of the leisure-class scheme of life goes pretty much all the other way.
  • Extract from : « The Theory of the Leisure Class » by Thorstein Veblen
  • This contention of the leisure-class spokesmen of the humanities seems to be substantially sound.
  • Extract from : « The Theory of the Leisure Class » by Thorstein Veblen
  • This attitude should occasion no surprise in the case of schools which are shaped by and rest upon a leisure-class culture.
  • Extract from : « The Theory of the Leisure Class » by Thorstein Veblen
  • This leisure-class function is not without an important bearing on the higher and on the spread of knowledge and culture.
  • Extract from : « The Theory of the Leisure Class » by Thorstein Veblen

Synonyms for leisure-class

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