Petite bourgeoisie
SOCIAL CLASS
Petty bourgeoisie; Petit bourgeois; Petit Bourgois; Petty-bourgeoisie; Petty bourgeois; Petit-bourgeois; Petty-bourgeois; Petty bourgeoise; Petite-bourgeois; Petite Bourgeoisie; Petit-bourgeoisie; Petit bourgeoisie; Pequeña burguesía; Petite bourgeois
Petite bourgeoisie (, literally 'small bourgeoisie'; also anglicised as petty bourgeoisie) is a French term that sometimes derogatorily refers to a social class composed of semi-autonomous peasants and small-scale merchants whose politico-economic ideological stance in times of socioeconomic stability is determined by reflecting that of a haute bourgeoisie ('high' bourgeoisie) with which the petite bourgeoisie seeks to identify itself and whose bourgeois morality it strives to imitate.Habermas [1968] Technology and Science as Ideology quotation: