petty bourgeois en · ADJ
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Pertaining to the petty bourgeoisie.
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
petty bourgeois en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) An 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| petty bourgeois | Number=Plur | lexicographic |