bourgeoisify

verb
/bɔː(ɹ)ʒˈwɑːzifaɪ/

Etymology

From bourgeois + -ify.

  1. derived from *burgz
  2. derived from *burg
  3. derived from borgeis — “town dweller
  4. suffixed as bourgeoisify — “bourgeois + ify

Definitions

  1. To make bourgeois.

    • The workers' militias and police-forces must be preserved in their present form and every effort to "bourgeoisify" them must be resisted.
    • For women from 'bourgeoisified' families, the crisis afflicting how they had always seen themselves increasingly manifested itself in minor ailments, sickness, and emotional upset.
    • Larkin's contribution to the genre playfully bourgeoisifies the aristocratic conventions […]

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