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bourgeois

UK /ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː/US /bʊɹʒˈwɑː/

noun 5
adjective 3
verb 1
/bəɹˈd͡ʒɔɪs/ noun 1
forms 5

noun5

An individual member of the middle class.
An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
(disapproving) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
[usually plural] The middle class.
A capitalist, (usually derogatory) an exploiter of the proletariat.

adjective3

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Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
- 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. — 2010
(historical) Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually derogatory) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.

verb1

To make bourgeois.

bourgeois

UK /bəːˈdʒɔɪs/US /bəɹˈd͡ʒɔɪs/

noun1

(old-fashioned) A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.

forms

bourgeoised · bourgeoising · bourgeoises · more bourgeois · most bourgeois

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