diff --git a/components/lib/contextmenu/BaseContextMenu.vue b/components/lib/contextmenu/BaseContextMenu.vue
index 887dce3f6..e62cfe3ce 100644
--- a/components/lib/contextmenu/BaseContextMenu.vue
+++ b/components/lib/contextmenu/BaseContextMenu.vue
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ const classes = {
     menu: 'p-contextmenu-root-list',
     menuitem: ({ context, processedItem }) => [
         'p-menuitem',
-        context.getItemProp(processedItem, 'class'),
         {
             'p-menuitem-active p-highlight': context.isItemActive(processedItem),
             'p-focus': context.isItemFocused(processedItem),
@@ -71,11 +70,11 @@ const classes = {
             'router-link-active-exact': context.exact && isExactActive
         }
     ],
-    icon: ({ context, processedItem }) => ['p-menuitem-icon', context.getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')],
+    icon: 'p-menuitem-icon',
     label: 'p-menuitem-text',
     submenuIcon: 'p-submenu-icon',
     submenu: 'p-submenu-list',
-    separator: ({ context, processedItem }) => ['p-menuitem-separator', context.getItemProp(processedItem, 'class')]
+    separator: 'p-menuitem-separator'
 };
 
 const { load: loadStyle, unload: unloadStyle } = useStyle(styles, { id: 'primevue_contextmenu_style', manual: true });
diff --git a/components/lib/contextmenu/ContextMenuSub.vue b/components/lib/contextmenu/ContextMenuSub.vue
index 06b6252de..37b933854 100755
--- a/components/lib/contextmenu/ContextMenuSub.vue
+++ b/components/lib/contextmenu/ContextMenuSub.vue
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
                     v-if="isItemVisible(processedItem) && !getItemProp(processedItem, 'separator')"
                     :id="getItemId(processedItem)"
                     :style="getItemProp(processedItem, 'style')"
-                    :class="getCXOptions('menuitem', { processedItem })"
+                    :class="[getCXOptions('menuitem', { processedItem }), getItemProp(processedItem, 'class')]"
                     role="menuitem"
                     :aria-label="getItemLabel(processedItem)"
                     :aria-disabled="isItemDisabled(processedItem) || undefined"
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@
                         <template v-if="!templates.item">
                             <router-link v-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'to') && !isItemDisabled(processedItem)" v-slot="{ navigate, href, isActive, isExactActive }" :to="getItemProp(processedItem, 'to')" custom>
                                 <a v-ripple :href="href" :class="getCXOptions('action', { isActive, isExactActive })" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" @click="onItemActionClick($event, navigate)" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'action')">
-                                    <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="processedItem.item" :class="getCXOptions('icon', { processedItem })" />
-                                    <span v-else-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')" :class="getCXOptions('icon', { processedItem })" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'icon')" />
+                                    <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="processedItem.item" :class="[getCXOptions('icon'), getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')]" />
+                                    <span v-else-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')" :class="[getCXOptions('icon'), getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')]" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'icon')" />
                                     <span :class="getCXOptions('label')" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'label')">{{ getItemLabel(processedItem) }}</span>
                                 </a>
                             </router-link>
                             <a v-else v-ripple :href="getItemProp(processedItem, 'url')" :class="getCXOptions('action')" :target="getItemProp(processedItem, 'target')" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'action')">
-                                <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="processedItem.item" :class="getCXOptions('icon', { processedItem })" />
-                                <span v-else-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')" :class="getCXOptions('icon', { processedItem })" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'icon')" />
+                                <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="processedItem.item" :class="[getCXOptions('icon'), getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')]" />
+                                <span v-else-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')" :class="[getCXOptions('icon'), getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')]" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'icon')" />
                                 <span :class="getCXOptions('label')" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'label')">{{ getItemLabel(processedItem) }}</span>
                                 <template v-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'items')">
                                     <component v-if="templates.submenuicon" :is="templates.submenuicon" :active="isItemActive(processedItem)" :class="getCXOptions('submenuIcon')" />
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
                     v-if="isItemVisible(processedItem) && getItemProp(processedItem, 'separator')"
                     :id="getItemId(processedItem)"
                     :style="getItemProp(processedItem, 'style')"
-                    :class="getCXOptions('separator', { processedItem })"
+                    :class="[getCXOptions('separator'), getItemProp(processedItem, 'class')]"
                     role="separator"
                     v-bind="ptm('separator')"
                 ></li>
diff --git a/components/lib/menu/BaseMenu.vue b/components/lib/menu/BaseMenu.vue
index 14b58ff9c..9bcc3d4f9 100644
--- a/components/lib/menu/BaseMenu.vue
+++ b/components/lib/menu/BaseMenu.vue
@@ -35,11 +35,10 @@ const classes = {
     start: 'p-menu-start',
     menu: 'p-menu-list p-reset',
     submenuHeader: 'p-submenu-header',
-    separator: ({ item }) => ['p-menuitem-separator', item.class],
+    separator: 'p-menuitem-separator',
     end: 'p-menu-end',
-    menuitem: ({ context, item }) => [
+    menuitem: ({ context }) => [
         'p-menuitem',
-        item.class,
         {
             'p-focus': context.id === context.focusedOptionId,
             'p-disabled': context.disabled()
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ const classes = {
             'router-link-active-exact': context.exact && isExactActive
         }
     ],
-    icon: ({ item }) => ['p-menuitem-icon', item.icon],
+    icon: 'p-menuitem-icon',
     label: 'p-menuitem-text'
 };
 
diff --git a/components/lib/menu/Menu.vue b/components/lib/menu/Menu.vue
index 3c494daf4..8d57cdf0d 100644
--- a/components/lib/menu/Menu.vue
+++ b/components/lib/menu/Menu.vue
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
                             </li>
                             <template v-for="(child, j) of item.items" :key="child.label + i + '_' + j">
                                 <PVMenuitem v-if="visible(child) && !child.separator" :id="id + '_' + i + '_' + j" :item="child" :templates="$slots" :exact="exact" :focusedOptionId="focusedOptionId" @item-click="itemClick" :pt="pt" />
-                                <li v-else-if="visible(child) && child.separator" :key="'separator' + i + j" :class="cx('separator', { item })" :style="child.style" role="separator" v-bind="ptm('separator')"></li>
+                                <li v-else-if="visible(child) && child.separator" :key="'separator' + i + j" :class="[cx('separator'), item.class]" :style="child.style" role="separator" v-bind="ptm('separator')"></li>
                             </template>
                         </template>
-                        <li v-else-if="visible(item) && item.separator" :key="'separator' + i.toString()" :class="cx('separator', { item })" :style="item.style" role="separator" v-bind="ptm('separator')"></li>
+                        <li v-else-if="visible(item) && item.separator" :key="'separator' + i.toString()" :class="[cx('separator'), item.class]" :style="item.style" role="separator" v-bind="ptm('separator')"></li>
                         <PVMenuitem v-else :key="label(item) + i.toString()" :id="id + '_' + i" :item="item" :templates="$slots" :exact="exact" :focusedOptionId="focusedOptionId" @item-click="itemClick" :pt="pt" />
                     </template>
                 </ul>
diff --git a/components/lib/menu/Menuitem.vue b/components/lib/menu/Menuitem.vue
index d9ce19b72..9bd715539 100644
--- a/components/lib/menu/Menuitem.vue
+++ b/components/lib/menu/Menuitem.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <li
         v-if="visible()"
         :id="id"
-        :class="getCXOptions('menuitem', { item })"
+        :class="[getCXOptions('menuitem'), item.class]"
         role="menuitem"
         :style="item.style"
         :aria-label="label()"
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
             <template v-if="!templates.item">
                 <router-link v-if="item.to && !disabled()" v-slot="{ navigate, href, isActive, isExactActive }" :to="item.to" custom>
                     <a v-ripple :href="href" :class="getCXOptions('action', { isActive, isExactActive })" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" @click="onItemActionClick($event, navigate)" v-bind="getPTOptions('action')">
-                        <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="item" :class="getCXOptions('icon', { item })" />
-                        <span v-else-if="item.icon" :class="getCXOptions('icon', { item })" v-bind="getPTOptions('icon')" />
+                        <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="item" :class="[getCXOptions('icon'), item.icon]" />
+                        <span v-else-if="item.icon" :class="[getCXOptions('icon'), item.icon]" v-bind="getPTOptions('icon')" />
                         <span :class="getCXOptions('label')" v-bind="getPTOptions('label')">{{ label() }}</span>
                     </a>
                 </router-link>
                 <a v-else v-ripple :href="item.url" :class="getCXOptions('action')" :target="item.target" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" v-bind="getPTOptions('action')">
-                    <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="item" :class="getCXOptions('icon', { item })" />
-                    <span v-else-if="item.icon" :class="getCXOptions('icon', { item })" v-bind="getPTOptions('icon')" />
+                    <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="item" :class="[getCXOptions('icon'), item.icon]" />
+                    <span v-else-if="item.icon" :class="[getCXOptions('icon'), item.icon]" v-bind="getPTOptions('icon')" />
                     <span :class="getCXOptions('label')" v-bind="getPTOptions('label')">{{ label() }}</span>
                 </a>
             </template>
diff --git a/components/lib/tieredmenu/BaseTieredMenu.vue b/components/lib/tieredmenu/BaseTieredMenu.vue
index 0c692148c..8757cd979 100644
--- a/components/lib/tieredmenu/BaseTieredMenu.vue
+++ b/components/lib/tieredmenu/BaseTieredMenu.vue
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ const classes = {
     menu: 'p-tieredmenu-root-list',
     menuitem: ({ context, processedItem }) => [
         'p-menuitem',
-        context.getItemProp(processedItem, 'class'),
         {
             'p-menuitem-active p-highlight': context.isItemActive(processedItem),
             'p-focus': context.isItemFocused(processedItem),
@@ -75,11 +74,10 @@ const classes = {
             'router-link-active-exact': context.exact && isExactActive
         }
     ],
-    icon: ({ context, processedItem }) => ['p-menuitem-icon', context.getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')],
+    icon: 'p-menuitem-icon',
     text: 'p-menuitem-text',
     submenuIcon: 'p-submenu-icon',
-    submenu: 'p-submenu-list',
-    separator: ({ context, processedItem }) => ['p-menuitem-separator', context.getItemProp(processedItem, 'class')]
+    submenu: 'p-submenu-list'
 };
 
 const { load: loadStyle, unload: unloadStyle } = useStyle(styles, { id: 'primevue_tieredmenu_style', manual: true });
diff --git a/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenuSub.vue b/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenuSub.vue
index cad3d7aba..68e1ca6d4 100755
--- a/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenuSub.vue
+++ b/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenuSub.vue
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
                 v-if="isItemVisible(processedItem) && !getItemProp(processedItem, 'separator')"
                 :id="getItemId(processedItem)"
                 :style="getItemProp(processedItem, 'style')"
-                :class="getCXOptions('menuitem', { processedItem })"
+                :class="[getCXOptions('menuitem', { processedItem }), getItemProp(processedItem, 'class')]"
                 role="menuitem"
                 :aria-label="getItemLabel(processedItem)"
                 :aria-disabled="isItemDisabled(processedItem) || undefined"
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
                     <template v-if="!templates.item">
                         <router-link v-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'to') && !isItemDisabled(processedItem)" v-slot="{ navigate, href, isActive, isExactActive }" :to="getItemProp(processedItem, 'to')" custom>
                             <a v-ripple :href="href" :class="getCXOptions('action', { isActive, isExactActive })" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" @click="onItemActionClick($event, navigate)" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'action')">
-                                <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="processedItem.item" :class="getCXOptions('icon', { processedItem })" />
-                                <span v-else-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')" :class="getCXOptions('icon', { processedItem })" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'icon')" />
+                                <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="processedItem.item" :class="[getCXOptions('icon'), getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')]" />
+                                <span v-else-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')" :class="[getCXOptions('icon'), getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')]" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'icon')" />
                                 <span :class="getCXOptions('label')" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'label')">{{ getItemLabel(processedItem) }}</span>
                             </a>
                         </router-link>
                         <a v-else v-ripple :href="getItemProp(processedItem, 'url')" :class="getCXOptions('action')" :target="getItemProp(processedItem, 'target')" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'action')">
-                            <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="processedItem.item" :class="getCXOptions('icon', { processedItem })" />
-                            <span v-else-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')" :class="getCXOptions('icon', { processedItem })" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'icon')" />
+                            <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="processedItem.item" :class="[getCXOptions('icon'), getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')]" />
+                            <span v-else-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')" :class="[getCXOptions('icon'), getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')]" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'icon')" />
                             <span :class="getCXOptions('label')" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'label')">{{ getItemLabel(processedItem) }}</span>
                             <template v-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'items')">
                                 <component v-if="templates.submenuicon" :is="templates.submenuicon" :class="getCXOptions('submenuIcon')" :active="isItemActive(processedItem)" v-bind="getPTOptions(processedItem, 'submenuIcon')" />
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                 v-if="isItemVisible(processedItem) && getItemProp(processedItem, 'separator')"
                 :id="getItemId(processedItem)"
                 :style="getItemProp(processedItem, 'style')"
-                :class="getCXOptions('separator', { processedItem })"
+                :class="getSeparatorItemClass(processedItem)"
                 role="separator"
                 v-bind="ptm('separator')"
             ></li>
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ export default {
         },
         getAriaPosInset(index) {
             return index - this.items.slice(0, index).filter((processedItem) => this.isItemVisible(processedItem) && this.getItemProp(processedItem, 'separator')).length + 1;
+        },
+        getSeparatorItemClass(processedItem) {
+            return ['p-menuitem-separator', this.getItemProp(processedItem, 'class')];
         }
     },
     components: {