Creative class
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A proposed socioeconomic class made up of knowledge workers, intellectuals, and various types of artists.
"The modern creative class, beleaguered enough, barraged by two decades of digital technology that has radically cheapened music, television and cinema, is ready for combat, as the successful writers’ and actors’ strikes demonstrated earlier in the year."
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More examples"The modern creative class, beleaguered enough, barraged by two decades of digital technology that has radically cheapened music, television and cinema, is ready for combat, as the successful writers’ and actors’ strikes demonstrated earlier in the year."
Etymology
Coined by American urban studies theorist Richard Florida in The Rise of the Creative Class (2002).