bourgeois

Meanings

• noun

  A member of the middle class, having economic security and cultural refinement.

  - "The bourgeoisie were the ruling class during the Industrial Revolution."
  - "He came from a bourgeois background."

• adjective

  Relating to or characteristic of the middle class.

  - "Bourgeois values such as hard work and thrift are still important today."
  - "The bourgeois lifestyle includes owning a home and having a steady job."

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Pronunciation

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2. /ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː/
   
   
   
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3. /bu(ɹ)ʒ.ˈwɑː/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

square , galliard

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with bourgeois
Boygeoises , Bourgeoisey , Bourgeoisei

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Variants

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bourgeois , bourgeoisification , bourgeoisifications , bourgeoisified , bourgeoisifies , bourgeoisify , bourgeoisifying , Bourgeois , Léon Bourgeois , Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois , Léon-Victor-Auguste Bourgeois , Louise Bourgeois , anti-bourgeois , antibourgeois , petit bourgeois , petit bourgeoises , petits bourgeois , epater le bourgeois , epater les bourgeois , petty bourgeois

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Etymology

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Derived from the French word bourgeois, meaning 'town dweller' or 'citizen'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'bourgeois' was used pejoratively by Marxist and Communist thinkers to refer to the middle class and their values.

2. The French Revolution saw the rise of the bourgeoisie as a political force, leading to the establishment of democratic governments.

3. The term 'bourgeois' has also been used to describe the dominant cultural values of a society, such as individualism and consumerism.

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Related Concepts

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1. Middle class: The social and economic class between the working class and the upper class.

2. Capitalism: An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by institutions such as banks and private property, and by production for profit.

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Quotes

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1. Or is Sartre's existentialism to be understood as only a way station in his transit from a "bourgeois" intellectual to a Marxist ideologue?

   - Walker Percy,"The State of the Novel",1977,{"source"=>"in {it}Signposts in a Strange Land{/it}", "aqdate"=>"1991"}

2. … the United States … was the "bourgeois" nation par excellence, in which, it might be said, the values of trade were transmogrified into ideals of freedom.

   - Robert Penn Warren,{it}Democracy and Poetry{/it},1975

3. Indignation about the powers that be and the "bourgeois" fools who did their bidding—that was all you needed … You were an intellectual.

   - Tom Wolfe,{it}Harper's{/it},June 2000

4. Even before the 19th century was over, successive waves of collection mania had rolled across Europe and America, submerging country homes and "bourgeois" town houses in ferns and faux-Grecian ruins …

   - Liesl Schillinger,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},7 Feb. 1999

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Culture

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The bourgeoisie have been portrayed in literature and art as representing the values and aspirations of the middle class. In Charles Dickens' novel 'Bleak House', the character Mr. Snell is a caricature of the bourgeoisie, obsessed with social status and material possessions.

How to Memorize "bourgeois"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a comfortable home in a middle-class neighborhood as a representation of the bourgeoisie.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the bourgeoisie with values such as hard work, thrift, and social status.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Bourgeois Begins With B' to remember the definition of bourgeois.

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