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petty bourgeoisie

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Word History and Origins

Origin of petty bourgeoisie1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

The petty bourgeoisie, great in boasting, is very impotent for action, and very shy in risking anything.

And yet the movement, having once got into the hands of the petty bourgeoisie, was ruined from its very beginning.

In turn, the aristocracy, high finance, petty bourgeoisie and the large middle classes in general gained political ascendancy.

The petty bourgeoisie was represented, but not the great capitalists.

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