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Meaning of petty-bourgeois | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Alternative spelling of petty bourgeois.

alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

petty-fogging pettyfogging petulant petunia peucedanoid Peucetian

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