Meaning of MIDDLE CLASS
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- [n] the social class between the lower and upper classes
- [adj] occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy
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| Synonyms: | | bourgeois, bourgeoisie, conservative, lower-middle-class, materialistic, upper-middle-class |
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| Antonyms: | | low-class, lower-class, upper-class | |
| See Also: | | bourgeois, burgher, class, petit bourgeois, petite bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisie, social class, socio-economic class | |
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| Related Terms: | | bourgeoisie, burgherdom, common people, common run, common sort, commonage, commonality, commonalty, commoners, commons, fourth-rater, laborers, linendrapers, lower classes, lower middle class, lower orders, lumpen proletariat, mediocrity, Middle America, middle order, middle orders, no prize, nobody special, nonentity, nothing special, ordinary people, peasantry, plain folks, plain people, proletariat, rank and file, second-rater, shopkeepers, silent majority, small beer, small potatoes, small tradesmen, suburbia, the lower cut, the other half, the third estate, third-rater, tinhorn, toilers, toiling class, upper middle class, vulgus, working class, working people |
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