Middle+class

  • 21middle-class — adjective 1 belonging to or typical of the middle class: a middle class suburb | She comes from a middle class background. 2 middle class attitudes, values etc are typical of middle class people and are often concerned with work, education, and… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22middle-class */ — UK / US adjective a) belonging or relating to the middle class a young poet from a middle class home b) middle class attitudes and behaviour are conservative ones that people consider to be typical of the middle class people with middle class… …

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  • 23middle class — Synonyms and related words: Middle America, bourgeoisie, burgherdom, common people, common run, common sort, commonage, commonality, commonalty, commoners, commons, fourth rater, laborers, linendrapers, lower classes, lower middle class, lower… …

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  • 24middle class — noun the middle class also the middle classes the social class that includes professional people such as teachers or managers, but does not include people who are very rich or people who work mainly with their hands compare lower class, upper… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25ˌmiddle ˈclass — noun the middle class or the middle classes the social class that consists mostly of educated people who have professional jobs and are neither very rich nor very poor • See: lower class, upper class, working class …

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  • 26middle-class — adjective occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy (Freq. 15) • Ant: ↑upper class, ↑lower class • Similar to: ↑bourgeois, ↑conservative, ↑materialistic, ↑ …

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  • 27ˌmiddle-ˈclass — adj belonging or relating to the middle class middle class families[/ex] …

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  • 28middle-class — adjective a) occupying a position between the upper class and the working class b) characteristic of the middle class(es); reflective of that classs values and aspirations. Commonly associated with a desire for social respectability and an… …

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  • 29middle-class — adjective Date: 1836 of or relating to the middle class; especially characterized by a high material standard of living, sexual morality, and respect for property • middle classness noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 30middle class — noun [treated as sing. or plural] the social group between the upper and working classes; professional and business people. adjective relating to or characteristic of the middle class. Derivatives middle classness noun …

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