BOURGEOIS
MEANING 1: (n.) someone who belongs to the middle classes
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: The bourgeois were astonished to see the expensive car in their modest neighborhood.
MEANING 2: (n.) a person whose manner is conformed to the conventions of the middle class
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: The young bourgeois had never entered a casino.
MEANING 3: (n.) according to Marxist theory someone who is of the property owning class
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Marxism states that the bourgeois always exploit the proletariat.
MEANING 4: (adj.) related to or typical of middle class
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: That kind of disdain is so bourgeois in nature.
MEANING 5: (adj.) preoccupied with material interest and appearing respectable
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: He became increasingly bourgeois as he was promoted in the company.
MEANING 6: (adj.) concerned only with commercial and industrial interests
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: The bourgeois company paid little heed to the government’s environmental warnings.
SYNONYMS: Middle-class, Capitalist, Materialistic
ANTONYMS: Original, Nonconforming, Inspired
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