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middle-class

mid·dle-class
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mid-l klas, klahs]
    • /ˈmɪd l klæs, klɑs/
    • /ˈmɪdl klɑːs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mid-l klas, klahs]
    • /ˈmɪd l klæs, klɑs/

Definitions of middle-class word

  • adjective middle-class of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle class; bourgeois: middle-class taste; middle-class morality. 1
  • noun middle-class a class of people intermediate between the classes of higher and lower social rank or standing; the social, economic, cultural class, having approximately average status, income, education, tastes, and the like. 1
  • noun middle-class the class traditionally intermediate between the aristocratic class and the laboring class. 1
  • noun middle-class an intermediate class. 1
See all 4 definitions of middle-class

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Origin of middle-class

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95

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Parts of speech for Middle-class

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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middle-class popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Synonyms for middle-class

adj middle-class

  • bourgeois — If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle-class people.
  • ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
All 2 Synonyms of middle-class

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