petty bourgeoisie

• Termo que designa a classe social composta por pequenos empresários, donos de lojas e profissionais autônomos, que ocupa uma posição intermediária entre a classe trabalhadora e a classe capitalista.

A term referring to the social class of small business owners, shopkeepers, and self-employed professionals who occupy an intermediate position between the working class and the capitalist class.

1. C1formal

   A social class consisting of small business owners, shopkeepers, and self-employed professionals who own modest amounts of property or capital.

   Pequena burguesia

   • The petty bourgeoisie often struggles to compete with large corporations.
   • In Marxist theory, the petty bourgeoisie occupies an intermediate position between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie.
   • Many small shopkeepers belong to the petty bourgeoisie.