Petty-bourgeois

Translation of "petty-bourgeois" into Russian

Noun

petty-bourgeois / pl

Countable noun meaning a member of the petty bourgeoisie.

мелкий буржуа

марксистский термин; лицо, принадлежащее к мелкой буржуазии

Marx described the petty-bourgeois as vacillating between proletarian and bourgeois interests.

Маркс описывал мелкого буржуа как колеблющегося между интересами пролетариата и буржуазии.

Additional translations

мелкобуржуазник

разговорное, пейоративное

Adjective

petty-bourgeois

Relational adjective describing characteristics of the petty bourgeoisie; usually non-gradable.

мелкобуржуазный

марксистский термин, зачастую с негативной коннотацией

His petty-bourgeois attitudes irritated the revolutionaries.

Его мелкобуржуазные взгляды раздражали революционеров.

Additional translations

разговорное, неодобрительное

Noun

A member of the petty bourgeoisie; a lower-middle-class person with conventional or materialistic views.

Marx described the petty-bourgeois as vacillating between proletarian and bourgeois interests.

Adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the lower middle class, especially in being conventional, narrow-minded, or materialistic.

His petty-bourgeois attitudes irritated the revolutionaries.