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Adjective: middle-class  'mi-dul'klãs
  1. Occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy
    "the current middle-class norm of two children per family"
Noun: middle class
  1. The social class between the lower and upper classes
    - bourgeoisie

Derived forms: middle classes

See also: bougie [N. Amer, informal], bourgeois, bourgie [N. Amer, informal], conservative, lower-middle-class, materialistic, position, status, upper-middle-class

Type of: class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum

Antonym: lower-class, upper-class

Encyclopedia: Middle-class

Middle class