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Middle Class
see synonyms of middle classNoun
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Middle Class
see synonyms of middle classnoun
1. Also called: bourgeoisie
a social stratum that is not clearly defined but is positioned between the lower and upper classes. It consists of businesspeople, professional people, etc, along with their families, and is marked by bourgeois values
Compare lower class, upper class, working classadjective middle-class
2.
of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle class
adjective
1.
of or relating to the middle class
He is rapidly losing the support of blue-collar voters and of middle-class conservatives.
Green was born into a comfortable middle-class home.
a highly personal record of middle-class life a hundred years ago
All the best revolutionaries have been middle-class.
her affluent middle-class and aristocratic patients
2. pejorative
used to refer to attitudes or views that are characteristic of the middle class and are considered to be conventional, materialistic, or boring
behaviour which is liable to outrage middle-class morality
She had a very middle-class upbringing.
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Middle Class
see synonyms of middle class the social class between the aristocracy or very wealthy and the lower working class: people in business and the professions, highly skilled workers, well-to-do farmers, etc. are now generally included in the middle class
see also bourgeoisie adjective
of, having to do with, or characteristic of the middle class
often used variously to connote conventional, smug, materialistic, etc. attitudesWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Middle Class
see synonyms of middle classn.
The socioeconomic class between the working class and the upper class, usually including professionals, highly skilled laborers, and lower and middle management.
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