English-Finnish translations for ruling class

• hallitseva luokka
  Huomattavassa asemassa olleet naiset saivat työväenliikkeessä ansioidensa mukaisen aseman jo paljon ennen kuin hallitseva luokka oli ehtinyt antaa naisille vasta äänioikeuden. Long before the ruling class gave women the right to vote, the workers' movement had already, within its own organisation, given leading women the place they deserved.
  Pidämme kiinni kaikkien kansojen oikeudesta valita oma hallituksensa ja oma hallitseva luokka vapailla, demokraattisilla vaaleilla eikä ääriliikkeiden raa'alla voimalla toteuttamilla toimilla. We uphold the right of all peoples to decide on their own government and their own ruling class through free, democratic elections, not through actions imposed by brute force and extremism.

Definition of ruling class

• The social class of a given society that decides upon and sets that society's political agenda by mandating that there is one such particular class in the given society, and then appointing itself as that class

Related words

• ruling
• ruling power
• ruling party
• ruling pen
• preliminary ruling
• demolition ruling