: a class occupying a position between the upper class and the lower class
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: a fluid heterogeneous socioeconomic grouping composed principally of business and professional people, bureaucrats, and some farmers and skilled workers sharing common social characteristics and values
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Nick Fouriezos, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
Like Woods’s weaseling, hustling protagonist Richard Boyle, Stone reveals his ambivalence — feeling moral disgust about other people’s politics, plus middle-class American guilt about his own helplessness.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 Apr. 2024
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In fact, across rural America, half of adults now have a job that pays at least middle-class wages, according to a recent Georgetown University report.
—Nick Fouriezos, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
Like Woods’s weaseling, hustling protagonist Richard Boyle, Stone reveals his ambivalence — feeling moral disgust about other people’s politics, plus middle-class American guilt about his own helplessness.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Middle-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle-class. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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