Adjective
petty bourgeois (not comparable)
Pertaining to the petty bourgeoisie.
petty-bourgeois (not comparable)
Alternative spelling of petty bourgeois
petty-bourgeois
There is nothing more vapid than a philistine petty bourgeois existence with its farthings, victuals, vacuous conversations, and useless conventional virtue. Anton Chekhov
I demand that the petty bourgeois Adolf Hitler be expelled from the Nazi Party. Joseph Goebbels
Like every 'intellectual', a philosophy teacher is a petty bourgeois. When he opens his mouth, it is petty-bourgeois ideology that speaks: its resources and ruses are infinite. Louis Althusser
Harold Wilson is a petty bourgeois and will remain so in spirit even if they make him a Viscount. Neil Kinnock
The target of Tsvetaeva's satire is everything petty and petty bourgeois. Source: Internet
In a respectable petty bourgeois middle-class home, Playboy magazine and Fanny Hill might be present but would usually be kept out of sight. Source: Internet