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MIDDLE-CLASS

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy

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Adjectives

Similar:

bourgeois (belonging to the middle class)

bourgeois; conservative; materialistic (conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class)

lower-middle-class (occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society)

upper-middle-class (occupying the upper part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society)

Attribute:

position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)

Antonym:

lower-class (occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society)

upper-class (occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society)

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