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Definition of the petite bourgeoisie noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the petite bourgeoisie

noun

/ðə pəˌtiːt ˌbʊəʒwɑːˈziː/

/ðə pəˌtiːt ˌbʊrʒwɑːˈziː/

(also petty bourgeoisie)

[singular] (from French)

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the lower middle class in society
Word OriginFrench, literally ‘little townsfolk’.

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