MIDDLE CLASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does middle class mean? 

• MIDDLE CLASS (noun)
  The noun MIDDLE CLASS has 1 sense:

1. the social class between the lower and upper classes

  Familiarity information: MIDDLE CLASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDDLE CLASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The social class between the lower and upper classes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

bourgeoisie; middle class

Hypernyms ("middle class" is a kind of...):

class; social class; socio-economic class; stratum (people having the same social, economic, or educational status)

Meronyms (members of "middle class"):

bourgeois; burgher (a member of the middle class)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "middle class"):

petit bourgeois; petite bourgeoisie; petty bourgeoisie (lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.))