English Dictionary

ruling class

名詞

(sociology) The social class of a given society that controls that society's political agenda, whether as formal aristocracy or party leadership or as an informal unit within democracies.

日本語の意味

支配階級（社会の政治的議題を支配する階層） / 支配層（公式な貴族制、党指導部、または民主主義における非公式なユニットとして機能する）

Many activists argue that the ruling class shapes laws to preserve its own privileges, often at the expense of marginalized communities.

多くの活動家は、支配階級が自分たちの特権を守るために法律を形作り、しばしば周縁化されたコミュニティに不利益をもたらしていると主張する。

意味（1）

(sociology) The social class of a given society that controls that society's political agenda, whether as formal aristocracy or party leadership or as an informal unit within democracies.

One thing that has always shown that the English ruling class are morally fairly sound, is that in time of war they are ready enough to get themselves killed... What is to be expected of them is not treachery or physical cowardice, but stupidity, unconscious sabotage, an infallible instinct for doing the wrong thing. They are not wicked, or not altogether wicked; they are merely unteachable... Few if any of these people are consciously treacherous, some of them are not even fools, but as a class they are quite incapable of leading us to victory... Inevitably, because of their position and upbringing, the ruling class are fighting for their own privileges, which cannot possibly be reconciled with the public interest.

ruling classes （ plural ）