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petit bourgeois

[puh-tee boor-zhwah; pet-ee boor-zhwah, boor-zhwah; Fr. puh-tee boor-zhwa]

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noun, plural pe·tits bour·geois

[puh-tee boor-zhwahz; pet-ee boor-zhwahz, boor-zhwahz; Fr. puh-tee boor-zhwa] .

a person who belongs to the petite bourgeoisie.

Origin:
1855–60; < French

Related forms

pe·tit-bour·geois, adjective

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petit bourgeois (ˈpɛtɪ ˈbʊəʒwɑː, French pəti burʒwa)

—n , pl petits bourgeois
1.	petite bourgeoisie, Also called: petty bourgeoisie the section of the middle class with the lowest social status, generally composed of shopkeepers, lower clerical staff, etc
2.	a member of this stratum

—*adj*
3.	of, relating to, or characteristic of the petit bourgeois, esp indicating a sense of self-righteousness and a high degree of conformity to established standards of behaviour

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"Historically and politically, the petit-bourgeois is the key to the century.... The bourgeois and proletariat classes have become abstractions: the petite-bourgeoisie, in contrast, is everywhere, you can see it everywhere, even in the areas of the bourgeois and the proletariat, what's left of them."

-Roland Barthes

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