middle-class
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈmɪdəl klæs/
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- I grew up in a middle-class family in Portland, Maine.
- white middle-class
- upper-middle-class
- middle-class families
But Long story short, we went from being sort of, you know, solidly middle class because my my dad was a tax attorney.
- But Long story short, we went from being sort of, you know, solidly middle class because my my dad was a tax attorney.
- Well, I'm not going to lie, I am disgustingly middle class.
- So she wrote these short stories for what were called annuals, and these were aimed at mostly at middle class women.
- And he's like actually where I grew up, man, gated community, middle class Christians, Jews, Muslims, agnostic, all on my street.
- It is a subscription product for upper middle class, largely white liberals who live the same circumstances across the United States and in Europe.
- They are, you know, you know, doctors, school teachers, bankers, whoever, white collar workers, you know, white middle class man, you know, whatever.
- And the, you know, a lot of what I talked about were what sort of the former, quote UN quote, middle class Driscoll farm workers.
Examples
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But this goal motivates only a small minority of the protestors, mainly young people from middle-class families.
Academic text (2011) -
Second, as Macau's economy developed during the 1980s, the territory's middle class expanded, increasing political participation.
Academic text (1990) -
I mean, I, I grew up fairly middle class, lower middle class and, and, and I never really cared much about money.
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Middle class, lower middle class, basically as a family, but I had two loving, caring, wonderful people for for parents.
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So it's a very important show if you want to know why the rich are getting richer, the poor middle class are getting poor.
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Increasingly, public school teachers are Caucasian, female, and middle class, while public school students are increasingly minority and poor.
Academic text (2013) -
Most studies focusing on the relationship between physical activity and obesity have been conducted in middle-class populations.
Academic text (2011) -
Janet Rae Johnson was the youngest daughter in a white middle-class Midwestern family.
Academic text (1992) -
A good all-around student from a comfortable middle-class family, there should not be a noticeable reason for discontent.
Academic text (1992) -
I grew up in a middle-class family in Portland, Maine.
Synonyms
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4.2
Having higher than average income, education, and social position among the middle class
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3.9
Having a modest income and social position in the lower part of the middle class
Antonyms
How Wealthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Middle-class comes from joining middle ('in the middle') and class ('a group of people'), so it names the social group that sits between the poor and the rich. That's why middle-class describes people with moderate income and education.