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middle class
1[mid-l klas]
noun
the social, economic, and cultural class of people thought of as having approximately average status, income, education, tastes, and the like.
Life for the middle class includes going to college, getting a job, getting married, buying a house, and raising kids.
We intend to put an end to the tax squeeze on the middle class.
Sociology.Sometimes middle classes the socioeconomic stratum intermediate between the upper or aristocratic class and the laboring class, made up mostly of business people, professionals, civil servants, and skilled workers, and sometimes further subdivided into the upper middle class and the lower middle class.
In the 1950s and 1960s in America, an emphasis on education increased upward mobility, and the middle class expanded.
Self-improvement, a strong work ethic, and modesty were among the core moral values of the German middle classes of the early 20th century.
any intermediate class.
middle-class
2[mid-l-klas, -klahs]
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle class; bourgeois.
middle-class taste; middle-class morality.
middle class
noun
Also called: bourgeoisie.a social stratum that is not clearly defined but is positioned between the lower and upper classes. It consists of businessmen, professional people, etc, along with their families, and is marked by bourgeois values Compare lower class upper class working class
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle class
middle class
A social and economic class composed of those more prosperous than the poor, or lower class, and less wealthy than the upper class. Middle class is sometimes loosely used to refer to the bourgeoisie. In the United States and other industrial countries, the term is often applied to white-collar, as opposed to blue-collar, workers.
Other Word Forms
- middle-classness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of middle class1
Origin of middle class2
Example Sentences
After World War Two, US factories churned out shoes, cars, and appliances, employing millions and helping to build a robust middle class.
The dark comedy sees a group of mum friends - and one dad - navigate the challenges of middle class motherhood.
Lees has previously said that, "for me, personally, the much more interesting journey of this book is the class transition", having become middle class in later life, after growing up working class.
In contrast, rugby union, often seen as having more middle class roots, has been getting knighthoods for more than 100 years.
There was a time when having a high school diploma and getting a job with a pension was a formula to be part of the solid middle class in this country.
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