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In some senses, bourgeois is marked as derogatory, dated, historical, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
bourgeois
UK /ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː/ US /bʊɹʒˈwɑː/
noun 6adj 3verb 1name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
against, aggressive, beyond, easy, known, many, minimum, modern
VERB + BOURGEOIS
comes, deepen, hoped, struggle
BOURGEOIS + NOUN
background, economists, england, furniture, morality, opinion, perception, philistinism
PREP.
from, in, in
ADV.
away, such
Definitions
adj
1
Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
bourgeois opinion
It's impossible to tell the story of flamenco without talking about Lorca, who found in it a source of inspiration in a lifelong political-cultural-sexual struggle against bourgeois philistinism.
2
Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
3
Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually derogatory) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
noun
1
The middle class.
2
An individual member of the middle class.
3
A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
4
An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
5
A capitalist, (usually derogatory) an exploiter of the proletariat.
Der Bourgeois sieht in seiner Frau ein bloßes Produktionsinstrument. Er hört, daß die Produktionsinstrumente gemeinschaftlich ausgebeutet werden sollen, und kann sich natürlich nichts anderes denken, als daß das Los der Gemeinschaftlichkeit die Weiber gleichfalls treffen wird.
Нет ничего характернее для буржуа, как перенесение черт современных порядков на все времена и народы.
verb
1
To make bourgeois.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a member of the middle class
noun — a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
- businessperson
adjective — conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle cl
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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bourgeois opinion
Wiktionary02
It's impossible to tell the story of flamenco without talking about Lorca, who found in it a source of inspiration in a lifelong political-cultural-sexual struggle against bourgeois philistinism.
Wiktionary03
The increasing social interactions between the two nations through religion, court and commerce would expose differences in speech too and would soon deepen bourgeois Scots’ deteriorating perception o
Wiktionary04
Der Bourgeois sieht in seiner Frau ein bloßes Produktionsinstrument. Er hört, daß die Produktionsinstrumente gemeinschaftlich ausgebeutet werden sollen, und kann sich natürlich nichts anderes denken,
Wiktionary05
Нет ничего характернее для буржуа, как перенесение черт современных порядков на все времена и народы.
Wiktionary06
The term "bourgeois" can be used as an insult by both the lower and the upper classes.
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