Should css class names like 'floatleft' that directly describe the attached style be avoided?

Question

Lots of websites use class names like floatleft, clearfloat, alignright, small, center etc that describe the

Answer 1

If the question is only one of naming, then for one specific class...

class="floatleft"

or

class="myClass"

or

class="gibberish"

....changes absolutely nothing. They are only different class names. The programming functions the same.

Either your content & presentation is separated, or it isn't... totally regardless of how you created the names.