bourgeois
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
bourgeois
- Of or relating to the middle class, (often, pejorative) their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
- bourgeois opinion
- (historical) Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
- (Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually pejorative) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
- (conventional, conservative) square
- French: bourgeois
- German: bourgeois, bürgerlich
- Portuguese: burguês, burguesa
- Russian: буржуа́зный
- Spanish: burgués
- French: bourgeois
- German: spießig, spießbürgerlich
- Russian: обыва́тельский
- Portuguese: burguês
- Russian: буржуа́зный
bourgeois (uncountable)
- (political, collectively, usually, in the plural) The middle class.
- (rare) An individual member of the middle class.
- (usually, pejorative) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
- (history) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
- (Marxism) A capitalist, (usually pejorative) an exploiter of the proletariat.
- Russian: буржуази́я
- Russian: обыва́тель
- Russian: буржуа́
- Russian: капитали́ст
bourgeois (bourgeoises, present participle bourgeoising; past and past participle bourgeoised)
- (transitive) To make bourgeois.
bourgeois (uncountable)
- (printing, dated) A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.
- (Continental printing) galliard
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