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middle-class

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middle class
n.
The socioeconomic class between the working class and the upper class.
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, petit-bourgeois
Translations
French middle-class [mɪdlˈklɑːs] middle adj → bourgeois(e)
German middle-class [mɪdlˈklɑːs] middle adj → mittelständisch
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