middle-class
- Adjective:
- Occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy: Describing a social group characterized by moderate income, education, and professional or white-collar occupations, situated between the working class and the upper class.
- The term "middle-class" is used to describe people, families, lifestyles, values, or neighborhoods associated with this socioeconomic group.
- It typically implies a degree of financial stability, home ownership, and investment in education.
- It is commonly hyphenated when used as a compound adjective before a noun (e.g., a middle-class family). It can be written without a hyphen when used predicatively (e.g., The family is middle class).
- Adjective:
- They live in a quiet, middle-class suburb.
- The politician's policies are designed to appeal to middle-class voters.
- Her parents had traditional middle-class values, emphasizing education and hard work.
"The shrinking middle class": A common phrase in economic and sociological discussions referring to the perceived decline in the size or economic security of the middle class.
- Many economists are concerned about the shrinking middle class.
"Middle-class morality": Refers to a set of social values often associated with the middle class, such as propriety, moderation, and respectability.
- The novel critiques the strictures of Victorian middle-class morality.
Middle class (noun phrase): The social group itself.
- The tax cuts will benefit the middle class.
Middle-classness (noun, rare): The quality or state of being middle-class.
- Bourgeois (adjective/noun): Often used synonymously with "middle-class," though it can carry connotations of conventionality or materialism.
- Bourgeois
- Mainstream
- Conventional (when referring to associated attitudes)
- Working-class
- Lower-class
- Upper-class
- Wealthy
- Aristocratic
"Middle-class trap": Refers to the financial strain of maintaining a middle-class lifestyle despite stagnant wages and rising costs.
- They are struggling with the middle-class trap, earning too much for assistance but not enough to save.
"Aspirational middle class": Describes individuals or families striving to achieve or maintain a middle-class standard of living.
- The government is focusing on policies to help the aspirational middle class.
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occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy
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