embourgeoisement

noun
/ɒmbɔːˈʒwazmɑ̃/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en- French en- Old French borgeis Middle French bourgois French bourgeois Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French embourgeoiser Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment French -ment French embourgeoisementbor. English embourgeoisement Borrowed from French embourgeoisement.

Definitions

  1. The process of adopting or the condition of adopting the characteristics of the…

    The process of adopting or the condition of adopting the characteristics of the bourgeoisie; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.

  2. The proliferation in a society of values perceived as characteristic of the middle class,…

    The proliferation in a society of values perceived as characteristic of the middle class, especially of materialism.

  3. A shift to bourgeois values and practices.

    • Yet, in a fashion similar to the “Affluent Worker”, MacKenzie constructs a theory of embourgeoisement that is far too narrow historically and consequently, sociologically unsatisfactory.
    • Goldthorpe’s arguments and the ‘embourgeoisement thesis’ have spawned many research studies. Russell Lansbury investigated differences blue- and white-collar workers in social outlook.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for embourgeoisement. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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