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bourgeois vs petit bourgeois

petit bourgeois vs bourgeois

bourgeois and petit bourgeois both are nouns.

bourgeois is an adjective but petit bourgeois is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bourgeois Yes Yes No No
petit bourgeois Yes No No No
As nouns, petit bourgeois is a hyponym of bourgeois; that is, petit bourgeois is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bourgeois:
  • bourgeois: a member of the middle class
  • petit bourgeois: a member of the lower middle class
bourgeois (noun) petit bourgeois (noun)
a member of the middle class lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.)
a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise a member of the lower middle class
bourgeois (adjective) petit bourgeois (adjective)
(according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
belonging to the middle class
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
Difference between bourgeois and petit bourgeois

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