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petty bourgeoisie

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables
pet-ty bour-geoisie
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of petite bourgeoisie.

Etymology

Anglicization of French petite bourgeoisie.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

petty bourgeoisies (plural)

Synonyms

petite bourgeoisie petit bourgeois

Antonyms

haute bourgeoisie

Questions

What does petty bourgeoisie mean?
Synonym of petite bourgeoisie.
Where does petty bourgeoisie come from?
It is traced to French.

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