petty bourgeoisie

noun

: a social class that is between the middle class and the lower class : the lower middle class

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Gramsci and Bordiga initially mistook fascism as the theatrical last gasp of the urban petty bourgeoisie. —

Thomas Meaney, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2022

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