Resembling or characteristic of the middle class in appearance, way of thinking, etc.; esp. with disparaging implication, in later use often with…
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [adjective] > middle-class or bourgeois > characteristic of (7) bourgeois1764 Resembling or characteristic of the middle class in appearance, way of thinking, etc.; esp. with disparaging implication, in later use often with… middle class1846 Characteristic of the middle class; having the characteristics of the middle classes. Esp. in middle-class morality. Frequently derogatory: cf. bour… chintzy1851 Decorated or covered with chintz; suggestive of a pattern in chintz. Also in extended use: suburban, unfashionable, petit-bourgeois, cheap; mean… middle-classy1926 suggestive or reminiscent of the middle classes. gin and Jag1963 attributive relating to or denoting wealthy English middle-class people characterized as drinking gin and driving luxury cars such as Jaguars, or… white bread1977 colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). Usually depreciative. Of, belonging to, or representative of the white middle class… Subcategories:— specific middle-class conformity (1) |
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