单词 | petite bourgeoisie |
释义 | petite bourgeoisien. The lower-middle classes collectively. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > middle class or bourgeoisie burgessy1533 menalty1548 middle class1654 middling class1745 middling1751 bourgeoise1769 bourgeoisie1774 petite bourgeoisie1846 petty bourgeoisie1850 middling interest1857 upper middle class1864 middle-middle-class1886 well-heeled1897 small bourgeoisie1970 1846 Northern Star (Leeds) 30 May 5/4 M. Thiers and his complaints represent the ‘petite bourgeoisi’, the inferior ranks of the middle classes. 1872 Galaxy Oct. 481 This lady belonged to the petite bourgeoisie, and was the daughter of a retired grocer. 1916 A. E. Gallatin Certain Contemporaries 53 In all his studies of bohemians, vagabonds and the petite bourgeoisie, there exists only tenderness and sympathy. 1928 F. Stark Let. 26 Oct. (1974) I. 179 They are all good—Scotch of the very petite bourgeoisie—city folk. 1949 N. Marsh Swing, Brother, Swing xi. 250 He..and our Mr. Eton-and-Oxford Detective-Sergeant Salis got into a discussion about the petit bourgeoisie. 1950 A. L. Rowse Eng. of Elizabeth v. 174 The petite-bourgeoisie were a strong element in Cromwell's support. 1970 Times 11 Mar. 11/2 There is today a strong Conservative government in power, to which the petite bourgeoisie naturally looks. 1993 Independent on Sunday 25 July 3/5 The hat [sc. the bowler] became popular with the aristocracy, then with the urban middle class (particularly City gents), then with the petit-bourgeoisie (shipyard gaffers and rent collectors). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846 |
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