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petite bourgeoisie

[ puh-teet boor-zhwah-zee; French puh-teet boor-zhwa-zee ]

noun

  1. the portion of the bourgeoisie having the least wealth and lowest social status; the lower middle class.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of petite bourgeoisie1

Borrowed into English from French around 1915–20
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Example Sentences

By converting the peasants into a Petite Bourgeoisie, it threatened to postpone to an indefinite date the triumph of Socialism.

Below these are the petite bourgeoisie, who are mostly shopkeepers, clerks, and people in various employments.

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