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petty-bourgeois

Translations

petty-bourgeoisnoun

petty-bourgeois

Countable noun meaning a member of the petty bourgeoisie.

мелкий буржуамарксистский термин; лицо, принадлежащее к мелкой буржуазии

Marx described the petty-bourgeois as vacillating between proletarian and bourgeois interests.

Маркс описывал мелкого буржуа как колеблющегося между интересами пролетариата и буржуазии.

Additional translations

мелкобуржуазникразговорное, пейоративное

Synonyms

small business owner

small shopkeeper

small proprietor

middle-class person

petty bourgeois

petit bourgeois

small-time capitalist

petty-bourgeoisadjective

Relational adjective describing characteristics of the petty bourgeoisie; usually non-gradable.

мелкобуржуазныймарксистский термин, зачастую с негативной коннотацией

His petty-bourgeois attitudes irritated the revolutionaries.

Его мелкобуржуазные взгляды раздражали революционеров.

Additional translations

мещанскийразговорное, неодобрительное

Synonyms

Definitions

petty-bourgeoisnoun

A member of the petty bourgeoisie; a lower-middle-class person with conventional or materialistic views.

Marx described the petty-bourgeois as vacillating between proletarian and bourgeois interests.

petty-bourgeoisadjective

Relating to or characteristic of the lower middle class, especially in being conventional, narrow-minded, or materialistic.

His petty-bourgeois attitudes irritated the revolutionaries.