petite bourgeoisie

[puh-teet boor-zhwah-zee; Fr. puh-teet boor-zhwa-zee]

pe·tite bour·geoi·sie

[puh-teet boor-zhwah-zee; Fr. puh-teet boor-zhwa-zee]
noun
the portion of the bourgeoisie having the least wealth and lowest social status; the lower middle class.

Origin:
1915–20; < French
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Petite bourgeoisie has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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petite bourgeoisie

noun
lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.) [syn: petit bourgeois
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