No. 8,311 in Russian
мещанском
The Russian word "мещанском" refers to something related to the petty bourgeoisie, embodying narrow-mindedness or a focus on small, material concerns.
In a sentence
Он жил в мещанском районе города.
He lived in a bourgeois district of the city.
The term 'мещанском' is used here as an adjective to describe the district, connoting middle-class characteristics.
Споры велись на мещанском уровне.
The debates were conducted at a petty-bourgeois level.
In this context, 'мещанском' is associating the nature of the discussions with the limited perspective or scope commonly attributed to the bourgeoisie.
В его мещанском мышлении не было места для творчества.
In his petty-bourgeois thinking, there was no place for creativity.
Here, 'мещанском' characterizes the thinking as materialistic or not open to creative or progressive ideas.
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