creative class

English

Etymology

Coined by American urban studies theorist Richard Florida in The Rise of the Creative Class (2002).

Noun

creative class (plural creative classes)

1. A proposed socioeconomic class made up of knowledge workers, intellectuals, and various types of artists.
   • 2023 December 28, Ross Barkan, “The zeitgeist is changing. A strange, romantic backlash to the tech era looms”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

Further reading

• creative class on Wikipedia.Wikipedia