Definition of Class Trait
(noun) A behavior, custom, or norm–either real or imagined–that define or reflect a class.
Examples of Class Trait
Class Trait Pronunciation
Syllabification: class trait
Audio Pronunciation
Phonetic Spelling
- American English – /klAs trAYt/
- British English – /klAHs trAYt/
International Phonetic Alphabet
- American English – /klæs treɪt/
- British English – /klɑːs treɪt/
Usage Notes
- Plural: class traits
- Class traits change depending on the society or culture. Behaviors, customs, and norms are not omnipresent or even present at all.
- Also called class markers.
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Works Consulted
Abercrombie, Nicholas, Stephen Hill, and Bryan Turner. 2006. The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology. 5th ed. London: Penguin.
Griffiths, Heather, Nathan Keirns, Eric Strayer, Susan Cody-Rydzewski, Gail Scaramuzzo, Tommy Sadler, Sally Vyain, Jeff Bry, Faye Jones. 2016. Introduction to Sociology 2e. Houston, TX: OpenStax.
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Random House Webster’s College Dictionary. 1997. New York: Random House.
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Cite the Definition of Class Trait
ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “class trait.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved October 3, 2023 (https://sociologydictionary.org/class-trait/).
APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)
class trait. (2013). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/class-trait/
Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “class trait.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed October 3, 2023. https://sociologydictionary.org/class-trait/.
MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)
“class trait.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2013. Web. 3 Oct. 2023. <https://sociologydictionary.org/class-trait/>.