Meaning of petit bourgeois in English

petit bourgeois

adjective

mainly disapproving (UK also petty bourgeois)

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/ˌpet.i ˈbɔː.ʒwɑː/ us

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/pəˌtiː bʊrˈʒwɑː/

belonging to the lower middle social class, or having the characteristics that are considered typical of this class, such as thinking money and possessions are more important than other things, and not trusting new or different ideas:

petit bourgeois prejudices

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(Definition of petit bourgeois from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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