What does petty-bourgeois mean?
Petty-bourgeois means Alternative spelling of petty bourgeois..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Alternative spelling of petty bourgeois..
At the very moment when their petty-bourgeois counterparts were coming to power elsewhere in Africa, these Mozambicans found the Portuguese turning their backs on neocolonialism and digging in their heels militarily against any such denouement to their rule.
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Petty-bourgeois means Alternative spelling of petty bourgeois..
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At the very moment when their petty-bourgeois counterparts were coming to power elsewhere in Africa, these Mozambicans found the Portuguese turning their backs on neocolonialism and digging in their heels militarily against any such denouement to their rule.
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