Petty-bourgeois
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Alternative spelling of petty bourgeois. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
"At the very moment when their petty-bourgeois counterparts were coming to power elsewhere in Africa, these Mozambicans found the Portuguese turning their backs on neocolonialism and digging in their heels militarily against any such denouement to their rule."
Example
More examples"At the very moment when their petty-bourgeois counterparts were coming to power elsewhere in Africa, these Mozambicans found the Portuguese turning their backs on neocolonialism and digging in their heels militarily against any such denouement to their rule."
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