| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
Etymology: middle class
1. : of or relating to the middle class
his unrecognized claim to middle-class status — Ray Gold
the traditional middle-class basis of American politics — Samuel Lubell
middle-class women attach more importance to social approval — P.M.Gregory
2. : belonging to or associated with the middle class and its possession of or inclination toward a diversified social morality that includes such traits as a desire for stability and a high material standard of living, a respect for convention and the proprieties, and high ideals of education, professional competence, and personal ambition
a proper air of middle-class gentility — Gene Baro
her rebellion against middle-class conventions — Current Biography
live up to middle-class standards of cleanliness — T.M.Newcomb
— compare lower-class , upper-class