middle class

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middle class

noun middle classes

  1. A social and economic class lying above the working class and below the upper class. All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.

    Similar: middling class, middling sort

  2. in plural The groups in society composed of professionals, semi-professionals, and lower to middle managerial level workers.

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noun social and economic class

Españolclase media
한국어중산층 jungsancheung
日本語中産階級 chūsan kaikyū
中文中產階級 /中产阶级 zhōngchǎn jiējí
हिन्दीमध्यवर्ग madhyavarg
Kiswahilitabaka la kati
Portuguêsclasse média
Françaisclasse moyenne
DeutschMittelschicht, Mittelklasse
Ελληνικάαστική τάξη astikí táxi
Românăclasă de mijloc, clasă mijlocie, clasă medie
Русскийсре́дний класс srédnij klass
العربيةطَبَقَة وُسْطَى ṭabaqa wusṭā

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@misc{middle_class_2026,
  title = {middle class},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/middle%20class},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}