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	'''Middle class''' is a term for a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy. During the period of [[Bourgeois revolution\|bourgeois revolutions]], the middle class referred to the [[bourgeoisie]], which was above the [[peasantry]] and [[proletariat]] but below the [[nobility]]. After the nobility was eliminated, the bourgeoisie became the ruling class.In an industrial [[Capitalism\|capitalist]] society, society is divided into only two classes: bourgeoisie and proletariat.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]]\|year=1848\|title=[[Library:Manifesto_of_the_communist_party\|Manifesto of the Communist Party]]\|chapter=Bourgeois and Proletarians\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch01.htm}}</ref>		<blockquote>''This article is about the term. For articles about specific classes, see [[middle class (disambiguation)]].''</blockquote>'''Middle class''' is a term for a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy. During the period of [[Bourgeois revolution\|bourgeois revolutions]], the middle class referred to the [[bourgeoisie]], which was above the [[peasantry]] and [[proletariat]] but below the [[nobility]]. After the nobility was eliminated, the bourgeoisie became the ruling class.In an industrial [[Capitalism\|capitalist]] society, society is divided into only two classes: bourgeoisie and proletariat.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]]\|year=1848\|title=[[Library:Manifesto_of_the_communist_party\|Manifesto of the Communist Party]]\|chapter=Bourgeois and Proletarians\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch01.htm}}</ref>

	== Contemporary use of term ==		== Contemporary use of term ==

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'''Middle class''' is a term for a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy. During the period of [[Bourgeois revolution|bourgeois revolutions]], the middle class referred to the [[bourgeoisie]], which was above the [[peasantry]] and [[proletariat]] but below the [[nobility]]. After the nobility was eliminated, the bourgeoisie became the ruling class.In an industrial [[Capitalism|capitalist]] society, society is divided into only two classes: bourgeoisie and proletariat.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]]|year=1848|title=[[Library:Manifesto_of_the_communist_party|Manifesto of the Communist Party]]|chapter=Bourgeois and Proletarians|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch01.htm}}</ref>

== Contemporary use of term ==
The term "middle class" is often used in the West to refer to people who are not extremely rich or extremely poor, regardless of their relations to the [[means of production]]. It is not clearly defined and is more based on income than economic class. More than 80% of millionaires claim to be "middle class" or "upper middle class."<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[Yahoo!|Yahoo Finance]]|title=Most millionaires say they're middle class|date=2015-05-06|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/most-millionaires-theyre-middle-class-140000146.html|retrieved=2022-07-27}}</ref> Households making under $20,000 per year and households making $100,000 to $250,000 per year are equally likely to identify as middle class.<ref>{{News citation|author=Robert Bird, Frank Newport|newspaper=Gallup|title=What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?|date=2017-02-27|url=https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/204497/determines-americans-perceive-social-class.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609053112/https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/204497/determines-americans-perceive-social-class.aspx|archive-date=2022-076-09|retrieved=2022-07-27}}</ref>

== References ==
[[Category:Class society]]

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