小しょうブル

noun

petit bourgeois; petty bourgeois

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

See also: 小ブルジョア

• 彼かれは小しょうブル的てきな考かんがえ方かたから抜ぬけ出だせない。

  He can't escape his petit bourgeois way of thinking.

• 小しょうブル層そうは経けい済ざい変へん動どうに弱よわい。

  The petty bourgeois class is vulnerable to economic fluctuations.