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middle-class

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middle class
n.
The socioeconomic class between the working class and the upper class, usually including professionals, highly skilled laborers, and lower and middle management.

middle-class (mdl-kls) adj.
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Adj.1.middle-class - occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy
low-class, lower-class - occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society
upper-class - occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society

middle-class
adjective bourgeois, traditional, conventional, suburban, middle-England, petit-bourgeois He is rapidly losing the support of middle-class conservatives.
Translations
middle-class [ˈmɪdlˈklɑːs] ADJde(la)clase media; (= bourgeois) → burgués
see also middle C

middle-class [ˌmɪdlˈklɑːs] adjborghese, della borghesia
middle-class [ˌmɪdlˈklɑːs] adjborghese, della borghesia

middle-class من الطبقة الوسطى buržoazní middelklasse- mittelständisch μεσαίας τάξης de clase media keskiluokkainen classe moyenne srednje klase borghese 中流階級の 중산 계급의 kleinburgerlijk middelklasse- z klasy średniej de classe média относящийся к среднему классу medelklass- ชนชั้นกลาง orta sınıf thuộc tầng lớp trung lưu 中产阶级的


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and to him is given the palm in the middle-class of speech' is just, but is liable to give a wrong impression.
We're a respectable middle-class family, living at Highgate.
He felt that, single-minded and self-sacrificing as his parents were, there yet existed certain latent prejudices of theirs, as middle-class people, which it would require some tact to overcome.
 
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