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middle class en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A social and economic class lying above the working class and below the upper class.
   • All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism. 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2013:
2. (in-plural) The groups in society composed of professionals, semi-professionals, and lower to middle managerial level workers.

Forms

Deriveds

upper middle class · lower middle class

Relateds

white-collar · yuppie · yuppies · middle-class · bourgeoisie · bourgie

Synonyms

middling class · middling sort

Translations (52)

cy dosbarth canol (social and economic class) · tl panggitnang uri (social and economic class) · sh srednja klasa (social and economic class) · uk сере́дній клас (social and economic class) · sh средња класа (social and economic class) · hu polgárság (social and economic class) · sw tabaka la kati (social and economic class) · pl klasa średnia (social and economic class) · ro clasă mijlocie (social and economic class) · be сярэ́дні клас (social and economic class) · fa طبقه متوسط (social and economic class) · ja 中産階級 (social and economic class) · cmn 中產階級 /中产阶级 (social and economic class) · kk орта тап (social and economic class) · ga meánaicme (social and economic class) · te మద్య తరగతి (social and economic class) · hy միջին խավ (social and economic class) · sl srednji razred (social and economic class) · el αστική τάξη (social and economic class) · hu középosztály (social and economic class) · cs střední třída (social and economic class) · sv medelklass (social and economic class) · th ชนชั้นกลาง (social and economic class) · gl clase media (social and economic class) · ro clasă de mijloc (social and economic class) · de Mittelklasse (social and economic class) · pt classe média (social and economic class) · ka საშუალო კლასი (social and economic class) · ru сре́дний класс (social and economic class) · fi keskiluokka (social and economic class) · ko 중산층 (social and economic class) · km ថ្នាក់កណ្ដាល (social and economic class) · ro clasă medie (social and economic class) · ka საშუალო ფენა (social and economic class) · es clase media (social and economic class) · hi मध्यवर्ग (social and economic class) · nl middenklasse (social and economic class) · sk stredná trieda (social and economic class) · mk средна класа (social and economic class) · bg сре́дна кла́са (social and economic class) · tr orta sınıf (social and economic class) · de Mittelschicht (social and economic class) · af middelklas (social and economic class) · apc طبقة متوسطة (social and economic class) · nn middelklasse (social and economic class) · yo kò-là-kò-ṣagbe (social and economic class) · fr classe moyenne (social and economic class) · nb middelklasse (social and economic class) · da middelklasse (social and economic class) · ht klas mwayèn (social and economic class) · tl panggitnang na klase (social and economic class) · ar طَبَقَة وُسْطَى (social and economic class)