| 单词 | petite bourgeoisie |
| 释义 | petite bourgeoisie (once / 295483 pages) n The petite bourgeoisie are the social class that's made up of merchants and white collar workers. If your neighbor owns a small shop, she's a member of the petite bourgeoisie. According to Karl Marx, the political theorist who popularized this French term in the nineteenth century, the petite bourgeoisie is made up of capitalists who operate on a modest scale. Inspired by the wealthier haute bourgeoisie, the petite bourgeoisie aspire to make more money and achieve a higher status. The term is a bit derogatory — in philosophy and literature they're portrayed as being spiritually empty and overly conventional. In French, the phrase means "little townsfolk." WORD FAMILYpetite bourgeoisie USAGE EXAMPLESIt seems indeed that trying to recognise the American "service class" or the European petite bourgeoisie in today's African societies only goes so far. The Guardian(May 03, 2013) He was a member of the respectable middle classes, the petite bourgeoisie of Marxist derision. Economist(Apr 11, 2013) On the 23rd Guizot’s cabinet resigned, abandoned by the petite bourgeoisie, on whose support they thought they could depend. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) n lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.) Syn|Hyper petit bourgeois, petty bourgeoisie bourgeoisie, middle class the social class between the lower and upper classes |
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