Middle class
51middle class — mid′dle class′ n. 1) soc a class of people intermediate between those of higher and lower economic or social standing, generally characterized by average income and education, conventional values, and conservative attitudes 2) soc the class… …
52middle class — noun the social class between the lower and upper classes (Freq. 9) • Syn: ↑bourgeoisie • Hypernyms: ↑class, ↑stratum, ↑social class, ↑socio economic class • Hyponyms: ↑ …
53middle class — noun Date: 1756 a class occupying a position between the upper class and the lower class; especially a fluid heterogeneous socioeconomic grouping composed principally of business and professional people, bureaucrats, and some farmers and skilled… …
54middle class — n 1. bourgeoisie, bourgeoise, petite bourgeoisie; middle orders, shopkeepers, small tradesmen. 2. the common people, the masses, the hoi polloi, Jocular. the booboisie; Middle America, the silent majority, the grass roots; commonalty, the public …
55middle class — n. intermediary social rank between the rich and the poor; population that has a socio economic status between that of the working class and the upper class …
56middle-class — adj bourgeois, suburban, Sl. plastic; conventional, middlebrow, middle of the road, MOR; common, commonplace, ordinary, average, run of the mill, Inf. garden variety …
57middle-class — adj. pertaining to or belonging to the social class between the very rich and the very poor …
58middle class, new — See contradictory class location ; proletarianization …
59Middle class — Classes moyennes La ou plutôt les classes moyennes forme(nt) un ensemble (appelé classe sociale) hétérogène de populations, définies en partie par leur niveau de vie, situées au dessus des classes pauvres et en dessous des classes aisées. Cet… …
60middle-class — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. common, ordinary; bourgeois, conservative, conventional. See mediocrity, permanence. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. white collar, bourgeois, substantial; see common 1 , popular 1 , 3 …