petite bourgeoisie

Borrowed from French petite bourgeoisie.

petite bourgeoisie (countable and uncountable, plural petite bourgeoisies or petites bourgeoisies)

1. (historical, 18th to 19th century) The lower middle class.
2. (Marxism) An aspirational socio-economic class comprising small-scale capitalists such as small-business owners, managers, and some skilled professionals.

• petty bourgeoisie

• haute bourgeoisie

• petit bourgeois

• kulak

• IPA^(key): /pə.tit buʁ.ʒwa.zi/

petite bourgeoisie f (countable and uncountable, plural petites bourgeoisies)

1. petite bourgeoisie

   Coordinate terms: grande bourgeoisie, moyenne bourgeoisie

• petite noblesse