プチブル

noun

petit bourgeois

Abbreviation of プチブルジョア, used in political or sociological contexts to refer to the lower middle class or small business owners. Often carries a slightly dated or Marxist tone.

from French

See also: プチブルジョア

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんをプチブルだと自じ嘲ちょうした。

  He self-deprecatingly called himself a petit bourgeois.

• プチブルの生せい活かつ様よう式しきは保ほ守しゅ的てきだと言いわれる。

  The lifestyle of the petit bourgeois is said to be conservative.