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Bourgeois - What does it mean?

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bourgeois

English

Alternative forms

* burgeois

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the middle class, especially its attitudes and conventions.
  • Belonging to the middle class.
  • Conventional, conservative and materialistic.
    • bourgeois opinion
  • (Marxism) Of or relating to capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.

    • Derived terms

    * bougie * bourgeoisification * bourgie

    Synonyms

    * square

    Noun

    (-)
  • (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.

    • Related terms

    * bourgeoise * bourgeoisie * embourgeoisement

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.