petty bourgeois

adjective

Pertaining to the petty bourgeoisie.

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Meanings

adjectivepetty bourgeois (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to the petty bourgeoisie.
nounpetty bourgeois (usually uncountable, plural petty bourgeois)
  1. uncountableusuallyAn individual member of the petty bourgeoisie

    Not every exasperated petty bourgeois could have become Hitler, but a particle of Hitler is lodged in every exasperated petty bourgeois.

    1933 December 1, Leon Trotsky, “Hitler’s National Socialism”, in The Yale Review, volume 23, number 2
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APA

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MLA

“petty bourgeois.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petty%20bourgeois. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “petty bourgeois,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petty%20bourgeois.

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