Definition of Middle class

1. Noun. The social class between the lower and upper classes.

Exact synonyms: Bourgeoisie
Generic synonyms: Class, Social Class, Socio-economic Class, Stratum
Specialized synonyms: Petit Bourgeois, Petite Bourgeoisie, Petty Bourgeoisie
Member holonyms: Bourgeois, Burgher

Definition of Middle class

1. Noun. A social and economic class lying above the working class and below the upper class. ¹

2. Noun. (qualifier plural) The groups in society composed of professionals, semi-professionals, and lower-to-middle managerial level workers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Middle Class

middle age
middle atlantoepistrophic joint
middle axillary line
middle bodies
middle body
middle buster
middle cardiac vein
middle carpal joint
middle cells
middle cerebellar peduncle
middle cerebral artery
middle cerebral vein
middle cervical cardiac nerve
middle cervical fascia
middle cervical ganglion
middle cluneal nerves
middle colic artery
middle colic lymph nodes
middle colic vein
middle collateral artery
middle constrictor muscle of pharynx
middle costotransverse ligament
middle cranial fossa
middle cuneiform bone
middle distance
middle ear
middle ear ventilation

Literary usage of Middle class

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1908)
"The American middle class has long cherished a similar comforting belief. ... There has been much truth in this adulation of the American middle class in ..."

2. English Prose (1137-1890) by John Matthews Manly (1909)
"A new power has suddenly appeared, a power which it is impossible yet to judge fully, but which is certainly a wholly different force from middle-class ..."

3. The Political Thought of Plato and Aristotle by Ernest Barker (1906)
"Again, the members of the middle class are less inclined than the rich to waste their money upon costly and ruinous liturgies, which only corrupt the giver ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1904)
"The middle class was very differently composed in France and in England. In England there has always been a rural middle class either of yeomen or ..."

5. The Bookman (1915)
"No middle class person would dare to say that a bad play by Mr. Shaw was a bad play ... The thing called "fashion" is always a function of the middle class. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Middle class on Dictionary.com!Search for Middle class on Thesaurus.com!Search for Middle class on Google!Search for Middle class on Wikipedia!

Search

Translations