Old Middle Class - Middle Class

Japanese: 旧中産階級 - きゅうちゅうさんかいきゅう
Old Middle Class - Middle Class

…In the past, the term was used to refer to the emerging urban merchants and industrialists as the “third estate” in 18th-century France, in contrast to the ruling classes of the nobility and monks. These self-employed merchants and industrialists, as well as self-employed farmers, are today called the old middle class. This is because the term “new middle class” was coined to refer to employed white-collar workers. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "old middle class" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…古くは18世紀フランスにおいて支配階級であった貴族,僧侶に対する〈第三身分〉として,新興の都市商工業者を指すのに用いられた。これら商工自営業主層および自営農民は今日旧中産階級と呼ばれる。被雇用者であるホワイトカラー労働者を指して新中産(中間)階級と呼ぶ用語法が生まれたためである。…

※「旧中産階級」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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