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petty bourgeois

 adjective
     
Related topics: Sociology
petty bourgeois also petit bourgeois
1SS paying too much attention to things such as social position, money, and possessions - used to show disapproval
2SS belonging to the group of lower middle class people
—petty bourgeois noun [countable]
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