The ruling class is the social class of a given society that decides upon and sets that society`s political policy by mandating that there is one such particular class in the given society, and then appointing itself as that class. Sometimes, there is a ruling class in a particular sector of the upper class that adheres to quite specific circumst....
[n] - the class of people exerting power or authority
people in power noun the class of people exerting power or authority
Marx's term for the social class in control of a society's means of production