petty bourgeoisie

1. 1.

   lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.)

   Synonymspetit bourgeoispetite bourgeoisie

   Broadermiddle class

Questions about petty bourgeoisie

What does petty bourgeoisie mean?

petty bourgeoisie means "lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.)".

What is another word for petty bourgeoisie?

Close synonyms include petit bourgeois, petite bourgeoisie. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is petty bourgeoisie a common word?

petty bourgeoisie is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.