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PRONUNCIATION OF PETTY BOURGEOIS

petty bourgeois  [ˌpetɪ ˌbʊəʒwɑː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PETTY BOURGEOIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Petty bourgeois is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PETTY BOURGEOIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

petty bourgeois

Petite bourgeoisie

Petite bourgeoisie, also petty bourgeoisie, is a French term referring to a social class comprising semi-autonomous peasantry and small-scale merchants whose politico-economic ideological stance is determined by reflecting that of a haute bourgeoisie, with which the petite bourgeoisie seeks to identify itself, and whose bourgeois morality it strives to imitate. The term is politico-economic, and references historical materialism. It originally denoted a sub-stratum of the middle classes in the 18th and early-19th centuries. In the mid-19th century, the pre-eminient theorist of socio-politico-economy, Karl Marx, and other Marxist theorists used the term petite bourgeoisie to identify the socio-economic stratum of the bourgeoisie that comprised small-scale capitalists such as shop-keepers and workers who manage the production, distribution, and/or exchange of commodities and/or services owned by their bourgeois employers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PETTY BOURGEOIS


anti-bourgeois
ˌæntɪˈbʊəʒwɑː
antibourgeois
ˈæntɪˈbʊəʒwɑː
armoire
ɑːmˈwɑː
baignoire
ˈbenwɑː
boudoir
ˈbuːdwɑː
bourgeois
ˈbʊəʒwɑː
Chihuahua
tʃɪˈwɑːwɑː
devoir
ˈdevwɑː
devoirs
dəˈvwɑː
Dubois
djuːˈbwɑː
fatwa
ˈfætwɑː
Kwa
kwɑː
memoir
ˈmɛmwɑː
noir
nwɑː
Renoir
ˈrɛnwɑː
repertoire
ˈrɛpəˌtwɑː
reservoir
ˈrɛzəˌvwɑː
Seychellois
ˌseɪʃɛlˈwɑː
tous-les-mois
ˌtuːleɪˈmwɑː
wawa
ˈwɑːˌwɑː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PETTY BOURGEOIS

petting
petting zoo
pettish
pettishly
pettishness
pettitoes
pettle
petto
petty
petty bourgeoisie
petty cash
petty crime
petty criminal
petty expenses
petty juror
petty jury
petty larceny
petty officer
petty official
petty sessions

WORDS THAT END LIKE PETTY BOURGEOIS

Artois
avoirdupois
barachois
bavarois
Beninois
Blois
chamois
coureurs de bois
de Valois
Illinois
Iroquois
Laois
Levallois
patois
petit bourgeois
petits bourgeois
petits pois
putois
Valois
Vaudois

Synonyms and antonyms of petty bourgeois in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «petty bourgeois» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PETTY BOURGEOIS

Find out the translation of petty bourgeois to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of petty bourgeois from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «petty bourgeois» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小资产阶级
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pequeñoburgués
570 millions of speakers

English

petty bourgeois
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्षुद्र बुर्जुआ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التافهة البرجوازية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мелкобуржуазная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pequeno-burguesa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষুদ্র বুর্জোয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

petits-bourgeois
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Borjuasi kecil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kleinbürger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ささいなブルジョア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쁘띠 부르주아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Petani borjuis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiểu tư sản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குட்டி முதலாளித்துவம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्षुद्र बुर्जुआ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Küçük burjuvalar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piccolo borghese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drobnomieszczanin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дрібнобуржуазна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mic burghez
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικροαστική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klein burger
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

småborgarna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

småborgere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of petty bourgeois

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PETTY BOURGEOIS»

The term «petty bourgeois» is normally little used and occupies the 127.694 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PETTY BOURGEOIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about petty bourgeois

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PETTY BOURGEOIS»

Discover the use of petty bourgeois in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to petty bourgeois and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Petty Bourgeois
The Petty Bourgeois is a play by Maxim Gorky produced in Moscow in 1902.Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) was one of the greatest Russian writers.
Maxim Gorky, 2001
2
The Petty Bourgeois
Included in this volume is the first part of the novel "The Petty Bourgeois."
Honoré de Balzac, 2007
3
The Morality of Mrs. Dulska: A Petty-bourgeois Tragic-farce
Introduction (p. i-lxxxviii) and text of play (p. 1-100).
Gabriela Zapolska, Teresa Murjas, 2007
4
The petty bourgeois, try. by G. B. Ives
m THIS EDITION OF THE PETTY BOURGEOIS TRANSLATED KV GEORGE BURNHAM IVES THE ETCHINGS BY CHARLES-THEODORE DEBLOIS CLAUDE FAIVRE R. DE LOS RIOS THE PETTY BOURGEOIS PART SECOND Between the ...
Honoré de Balzac, 1896
5
Sigmar Polke: We Petty Bourgeois!: Comrades and ...
This volume presents this work, and his entire production from the 1970s, including drawing, painting, and photography.
Petra Lange-Berndt, Dietmar Rübel, 2011
6
The Bourgeois Epoch: Marx and Engels on Britain, France, and ...
On the opening page of the subsequent article, for example, he states that the petty bourgeois "democratic republicans" (Ledru-Rollin, the Montagne, the Reforme) had "conspired on April 16 against the proletariat, [and] together [with the ...
Richard F. Hamilton, 1991
7
Production Relations, Class and Black Liberation: A Marxist ...
Typically, the lumpen petty bourgeois pass for the "big shots" of crime among Black people. Actually they appear to be big fish only because the pond in which they swim is economically small. Lumpen petty bourgeois are nothing more than  ...
Clarence J. Munford, 1978
8
Rights
Argument 7 says that (most) British workers are not forced to sell their labour power, since they have the reasonable alternative of setting up as petty bourgeois instead, it being false that all petty- bourgeois positions are already occupied.
Carlos Santiago Nino, 1992
9
Pierre Bourdieu: A Critical Introduction
Less conventionally moralistic, Bourdieu argued, were the newer petty-bourgeois fractions, the upwardly mobile 'classes moyennes' who had benefited from the expansion in higher education and were taking up white-collar posts in the ...
Jeremy F. Lane, 2000
10
A True Extremism
dialogues to philosophical short prose and the philosophical novelette, attained to a petty-bourgeois status with the abandonment of the older genres for the newer ones, used either collectively or separately. Thus arose the extraordinary ...
John O'Loughlin, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PETTY BOURGEOIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term petty bourgeois is used in the context of the following news items.
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We Are What We Hate
Americans are 'materialistic,' no doubt, but surely not more so than other people, than the French peasant or petty bourgeois, for example. «First Things, Jul 15»
2
Lessons from Greece: The pseudo-left in power
... break with the petty bourgeois politics that produced the disaster. As a measure of self-defense, they are seeking to whitewash their own role, ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jul 15»
3
South Africa: The Ructions in the SACP and the Turbulence ahead
This is in line with the longstanding view of the party that it must be in alliance with, and in fact subordinate to, the petty bourgeois democrats ... «In Defense of Marxism, Jul 15»
4
Denmark: Right wing wins elections by default
... different” but also advancing slogans such as for a 30-hour work week which were combined with petty bourgeois ideas of entrepreneurship. «In Defense of Marxism, Jul 15»
5
A Marxist Analysis of the Currency Exchange Controls in Venezuela
As Marxists we reject the accusation (even from the petty bourgeois left) that is it impossible to “travel outside the country” as a result of these ... «Venezuelanalysis.com, Jul 15»
6
Existential drama
Philosopher Sartre also seems to be saying that petty bourgeois behavior is high up on the sin scale. This is a wonderfully in-sync and talented ... «Sacramento News & Review, Jul 15»
7
Emmy Wrap: 'Downton Abbey' Creator Julian Fellowes on Why He's …
And although it sounds rather sort of petty bourgeois, I do feel I need to like someone. I don't have to like everyone, but I feel I have to like ... «TheWrap, Jun 15»
8
La loi du marché (The Measure of a Man): An attempt at a drama of …
One should not forget that this is the working class which since the 1968 general strike has terrified the bourgeoisie and its petty bourgeois ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jun 15»
9
Oppose enforced political conformism at Humboldt University
Heinrich Mann and Robert Musil provided a literary memorial to the spineless, submissive German petty bourgeois of another era in their ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jun 15»
10
ANC whips up racism amid xenophobic attacks in South Africa
Meanwhile, it is continuing with its single-minded focus on enriching the bourgeois and upper-petty bourgeois layers upon which the ANC rests ... «World Socialist Web Site, May 15»

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