noun
Refers to the lower middle class, especially small business owners and shopkeepers, in a Marxist or sociological context. Often carries a slightly intellectual or critical tone.
from French
彼はプチブルジョアの出身で、小さな商店を営んでいる。
He comes from a petit bourgeois background and runs a small shop.
In Marxist literature, the petit bourgeois are positioned between capitalists and workers.