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high society en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society, especially in Western societies.
   • Exclusive nightclubs are out of style with me / 'Cause I don't associate with high society 1969, Joe Bataan, “Ordinary Guy”:
   • “‘What are the gaieties of the Rich, the splendours of the Powerful, what is the pride of the Great, what are the gaudy pleasures of High Society?’” 1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter II, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus:

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Descendants

High Society

Relateds

jet set · beautiful people · socialite · upper crust

Synonyms

upper class · haut monde · the quality · upper crust

Translations (32)

th สังคมชั้นสูง (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · th ไฮโซ (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · eo mondumo (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · ru вы́сшее о́бщество (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · vo lesogäd (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · ja 上流社会 (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · fi seurapiiri (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · ko 상류사회 (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · es alta sociedad (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · tr yüksek sosyete (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · ru вы́сший свет (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · nl high society (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · ka მაღალი საზოგადოება (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · ro înaltă societate (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · de High Society (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · sv grädda (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · ca alta societat (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · pl wyższe sfery (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · it alta società (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · tl alta sosyedad (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · tr yüksek toplum (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · tr kibarlar âlemi (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · ar مُجْتَمَع رَاقِيّ (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · sv överklass (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · cmn 上流社會 /上流社会 (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · es alta alcurnia (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · tl mataas na lipunan (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · nl hogere kringen (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · km សង្គមជាន់ខ្ពស់ (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · de Hautevolee (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · pt alta sociedade (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society) · fr haute société (the socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society)