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bourgeois

adj
/ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː/UK/bʊɹʒˈwɑː/US/bəːˈdʒɔɪs/UK/bəɹˈd͡ʒɔɪs/US

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from Old French burgeis (“town dweller”), from Frankish *burg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold; city”) (whence borough). Doublet of burgess; compare also burgish.

  1. derived from *burgz✻
  2. derived from *burg✻
  3. derived from borgeis — “town dweller”

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their presumed overly…

    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.
    • 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 of their own tongue.

  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 or relating to the capitalist class, (usually derogatory) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    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…

      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.

      • Нет ничего характернее для буржуа, как перенесение черт современных порядков на все времена и народы.

    6. To make bourgeois.

    7. A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.

    8. A surname from French.

The neighborhood

Derived

antibourgeois, bobo, bougie, bourgeoisification, bourgeoisify, bourgeoisly, bourgeoisness, bourgie, de-bourgeoisify, narcobourgeois, nonbourgeois, postbourgeois, semibourgeois, unbourgeois

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA