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Petty bourgeoisie   /pˈɛti bˌʊrʒwˌɑzˈi/   Listen
Petty bourgeoisie

noun
1.
Lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.).  Synonyms: petit bourgeois, petite bourgeoisie.






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"Petty bourgeoisie" Quotes from Famous Books



... looked at life according to the religious programme of the middle classes. Such a career suited her own ideas far better than the dangerous vanities which seduce so many youthful Parisian imaginations. Constance, with her narrow intelligence, was a type of the petty bourgeoisie whose labors are not performed without grumbling; who begin by refusing what they desire, and end by getting angry when taken at their word; whose restless activity is carried into the kitchen and into the counting-room, into the gravest matters of business, and into the invisible ...
— Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau • Honore de Balzac



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