showing disapprovalrelating to or belonging to lower middle-class society, considered to consist of people such as the owners of small businesses. This word shows that you dislike people like this, especially because you think they are too interested in money and possessions and in being socially respected.
Synonyms and related words
From the middle classes
middle-class
bourgeois
petit bourgeois
2
caring too much about money, possessions, and your position in society
Synonyms and related words
From the middle classes
middle-class
bourgeois
petit bourgeois
derived word
petit bourgeois
noun
Word Forms
singular
petit bourgeois
plural
petit bourgeoises
Synonyms and related words
People from the middle classes
the squeezed middle
the bourgeoisie
Middle England
petit bourgeois
adjective
US /ˌpeti ˈbʊrʒwɑ/
DEFINITIONS2
1
showing disapprovalrelating to or belonging to lower middle-class society, considered to consist of people such as the owners of small businesses. This word shows that you dislike people like this, especially because you think they are too interested in money and possessions and in being socially respected.
Synonyms and related words
From the middle classes
middle-class
bourgeois
petit bourgeois
2
caring too much about money, possessions, and your position in society