Capitalism vs Bourgeois - What's the difference?
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(politics, uncountable) a socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
(economics, uncountable) a socio-economic system based on the abstraction of resources into the form of privately owned capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
(countable) a specific variation or implementation of either such socio-economic system.
Of or relating to the middle class, especially its attitudes and conventions.
Belonging to the middle class.
Conventional, conservative and materialistic.
(Marxism) Of or relating to capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
(political, collectively) The middle class.
(rare) An individual member of the middle class.
A person with bourgeois values and attitudes.
An individual member of the bourgeoisie, one of the three estates.
(Marxism) Anyone deemed to be an exploiter of the proletariat, a capitalist.
(printing) A size of type between long primer and brevier.
As nouns the difference between capitalism and bourgeois
is that capitalism is a socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state while bourgeois is the middle class.As an adjective bourgeois is
of or relating to the middle class, especially its attitudes and conventions.capitalism
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* burgeoisAdjective
(en adjective)- bourgeois opinion
