Bourgeois - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌbʊrˈʒwɑː|
Brit.
|ˈbʊəʒwɑː|
noun
- a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
- a member of the middle class (syn: burgher)
- a member of the middle class (syn: burgher)
adjective
- (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
- conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class (syn: conservative, materialistic)
- conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class (syn: conservative, materialistic)
a bourgeois mentality
- belonging to the middle classExtra examples
She came from a bourgeois family.
The party is trying to reduce bourgeois image by promoting young activists to the Central Committee.
He went on and on about the iniquities of bourgeois oppression.
Word forms
noun
singular: bourgeois
plural: bourgeois
singular: bourgeois
plural: bourgeois
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