noun
capitalist class
Refers to the social class that owns capital and means of production, often contrasted with the working class (労働者階級). Used in political and economic contexts.
See also: 労働者階級
マルクスは資本家階級と労働者階級の対立を分析した。
Marx analyzed the conflict between the capitalist class and the working class.
労働者階級 is the working class, the counterpart to 資本家階級 in Marxist theory.
Compound of 資本家 (capitalist) and 階級 (class).