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The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, 'culture.'
George Grosz

Meaning of "petty bourgeoisie" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PETTY BOURGEOISIE

petty bourgeoisie  [ˌpɛtɪ ˌbʊəʒwɑːˈziː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PETTY BOURGEOISIE

noun
adjective
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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Petty bourgeoisie is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PETTY BOURGEOISIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

petty bourgeoisie

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 BOURGEOISIE


advisee
ˌædvaɪˈziː
appraisee
əˌpreɪˈziː
booboisie
ˌbuːbwɑːˈziː
bourgeoisie
ˌbʊəʒwɑːˈziː
chimpanzee
ˌtʃɪmpænˈziː
devisee
dɪvaɪˈziː
disseisee
ˌdɪssiːˈziː
disseizee
ˌdɪssiːˈziː
franchisee
ˌfræntʃaɪˈziː
fusee
fjuːˈziː
fuzee
fjuːˈziː
recognisee
rɪˌkɒɡnɪˈziː
recognizee
rɪˌkɒɡnɪˈziː
supervisee
ˌsuːpəvaɪˈziː
Zhuangzi
ˈʒwæŋˈziː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PETTY BOURGEOISIE

petting
petting zoo
pettish
pettishly
pettishness
pettitoes
pettle
petto
petty
petty bourgeois
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 BOURGEOISIE

Aussie
Basie
brassie
Chrissie
cramoisie
crusie
Dalhousie
footsie
Gebrselassie
jalousie
jessie
kleinhuisie
lassie
malvoisie
Nessie
onesie
Ossie
petite bourgeoisie
the bourgeoisie
tootsie

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

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Translation of «petty bourgeoisie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PETTY BOURGEOISIE

Find out the translation of petty bourgeoisie to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of petty bourgeoisie 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 bourgeoisie» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小资
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pequeña burguesía
570 millions of speakers

English

petty bourgeoisie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्षुद्र पूंजीपति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البرجوازية الصغيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мелкая буржуазия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pequena burguesia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষুদ্র বুর্জোয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

petite bourgeoisie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Borjuasi kecil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kleinbürgertums
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ささいなブルジョアジーの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쁘띠 부르주아지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bourgeoisie cilik
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 बुर्जुवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Küçük burjuvalar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piccola borghesia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drobnomieszczaństwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дрібна буржуазія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mic burghezie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικροαστική τάξη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

petty bourgeoisie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

småbourgeoisin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

småborgerskapet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of petty bourgeoisie

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PETTY BOURGEOISIE»

The term «petty bourgeoisie» is normally little used and occupies the 128.779 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PETTY BOURGEOISIE» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «PETTY BOURGEOISIE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word petty bourgeoisie.
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George Grosz
The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, 'culture.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PETTY BOURGEOISIE»

Discover the use of petty bourgeoisie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to petty bourgeoisie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Marxism, History, and Intellectuals: Toward a ...
The petty bourgeoisie. Included in this category are the owner-peasants, the master handicraftsmen, the lower levels of the intellectuals—students, primary and secondary school teachers, lower government functionaries, office clerks, small ...
Suman Gupta, 2000
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Africa and the West: From colonialism to independence, 1875 ...
What there is is a stratum of people in the service of imperialism who have learned how to manipulate the apparatus of the state—the African petty bourgeoisie: this is the only stratum capable of controlling or even utilising the instruments ...
William H. Worger, Nancy L. Clark, Edward A. Alpers, 2010
3
Fascism: What it is and how to Fight it
While they raised the petty bourgeoisie on its feet, they openly aligned themselves, after the seizure of power, with the big bourgeoisie. Involuntarily, a historical generalization comes up here, recalling the evaluation given by Marx of  ...
Leon Trotsky, 2005
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Social Class and the Division of Labour: Essays in Honour of ...
The petty bourgeoisie and modern capitalism: a consideration of recent theories* RICHARD SCASE This chapter reviews Marxist and non-Marxist theories of the petty bourgeoisie. Three separate approaches are identified and examined.
Anthony Giddens, Gavin MacKenzie, 1982
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Karl Marx: The Story of His Life
It was necessary to dissociate the Communist Party, as the organized movement of the proletarian advance-guard, from the amorphous movement of the petty- bourgeoisie and of those writers whose ideology was petty-bourgeois. 7.
Franz Mehring, 2013
6
South Africa's Alternative Press: Voices of Protest and ...
The Black Petty Bourgeoisie The concept of the black petty bourgeoisie as a distinct, intermediate class in South Africa's everchanging social formation is not in vogue in the 1990s as it was in the 1970s and 1980s, but it remains a crucial ...
Les Switzer, 1997
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M.N. Roy's Mission to China: The Communist-Kuomintang Split ...
Now, when the bourgeoisie has turned against the revolution, the petty bourgeoisie is left with two courses: either to join the revolution, or to reject it; either to save itself under the leadership of the proletariat, or to follow the bourgeoisie into the ...
Robert Carver North, Xenia Joukoff Eudin, 1963
8
Class: Critical Concepts
The Class Unity of the New and Traditional Petty Bourgeoisie The relationship of economic to political and ideological criteria is even more important in Poulantzas's argument about the class unity of the old and new petty bourgeoisie than it is ...
John Scott, 1996
9
The Rise to Power of the Chinese Communist Party: Documents ...
According to our political program, we should confiscate the land of every landlord, but now we need to establish an alliance with the petty bourgeoisie. So even though I feel that we have been too rightist on this issue in the past, it is still too ...
Tony Saich, Benjamin Yang, 1995
10
Between Labor and Capital
interests of these two basic segments of the petty bourgeoisie are identical, but in some important ways they diverge. Both segments of the petty bourgeoisie have the same dual antagonism to the corporate capitalist class on the one side and ...
Pat Walker, 1979

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PETTY BOURGEOISIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term petty bourgeoisie is used in the context of the following news items.
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What I meant when I said that #BlackLivesMatter
This is especially relevant for the group he called the “petty bourgeoisie” – senior civil servants, intellectuals etc. – who generally are the most ... «San Francisco Bay View, Jul 15»
2
Brown Paper on Economic Governance: The Final Stage of the …
... Liberian government officials would solve labor disputes quickly, Firestone would stop purchasing rubber from the Liberian petty bourgeoisie ... «Perspective, Jul 15»
3
Who's playing and what's showing in Lake Harriet, Loring Park 2015 …
The latter is an electronic instrumental ensemble led by Mark McGee of To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie and the Marijuana Deathsquads camp, ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Bleak prospects for the Muslim Brotherhood
Based on this, one could argue that the Brotherhood is a movement representing the aspirations of the rural petty bourgeoisie, with the goal of ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
5
A Marxist Analysis of the Currency Exchange Controls in Venezuela
Through these last measures, it is not just the mistakenly labelled “middle class” and the petty bourgeoisie (the principal benefactor of having ... «Venezuelanalysis.com, Jul 15»
6
Georg Lukacs: Lessons for struggle today
... the creation of a bureaucratic state apparatus which gives large sections of the petty bourgeoisie a material and moral interest in the stability ... «Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Jul 15»
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Former Spanish defence minister admits “pre-coup situation” in 2006
It had no progressive democratic content. It was an attempt by the Catalan bourgeoisie and petty bourgeoisie to secure more direct control of ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jun 15»
8
The experience of Podemos in the Spanish State, its originality, its …
... a 17 per cent decrease in purchasing power; massive impoverishment of the working class and the petty bourgeoisie. Slightly compensated ... «International Viewpoint, Jun 15»
9
The Oregon Bach Festival in Eugene starts out by livin' Large …
Besides the title piece — it originally was called “The Seven Deadly Sins of the Petty Bourgeoisie” — Large also will turn her talents to Aaron ... «The Register-Guard, Jun 15»
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AHU ÖZYURT > These elections will be Turkey's pride
Without it, the elite, the rich and the petty bourgeoisie would have no reason to change and embrace a candidate like Selahattin Demirtaş today ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Jun 15»

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