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bourgeois

/bʊɹʒˈwɑː/noun, adjective2 syllables

Bourgeois means: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class.

Synonyms for bourgeois8

noun, as in a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise

businessperson

noun, as in a member of the middle class

burgher

adjective, as in conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

conservative, materialistic, middle-class

adjective, as in (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class

capitalistic, capitalist

adjective, as in belonging to the middle class

middle-class

also used for bourgeois

galliard

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What does bourgeois mean?5

adjective

1

conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class“a bourgeois mentality”

2

(according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class

3

belonging to the middle class

noun

1

a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise

2

a member of the middle class

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with bourgeois?29

one syllable

two syllables

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Bourgeois in a sentence

  • Truly, never before has bourgeois sociology known such a fall!AlanF_US
  • Of course, walking away from the bourgeois scene wasn't easy.LoverofEnglish
  • I need an irreducible minimum amount of bourgeois comfort.shekitten
  • Marriage is the true fortress of bourgeois morality.shekitten
  • Many prominent bourgeois philosophers in England are members of spiritualist and theosophical societies.AlanF_US
  • The idealism of American bourgeois philosophers is aggressive and warlike.Miktsoanit
  • She comes from a bourgeois background.unknown
  • It's a piece of bourgeois furniture.Miktsoanit

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