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bourgeois
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bourgeois
adj.
materialistic, conventional, middle class
n.
middle class person
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Bourgeoisie
The bourgeoisie (Eng.: ; ) is a polysemous French term because it can mean:
- a sociologically defined class, especially in contemporary times, referring to people with a certain cultural and financial capital belonging to the middle or upper stratum of the middle class: the upper (haute), middle (moyenne) and petty (petite) bourgeoisie (which are designated "the Bourgeoisie"). An affluent and often opulent stratum of the middle class (capitalist class) who stood opposite the proletariat class;
- a legally defined class of the Middle Ages to the end of the "Ancien Régime" (Old Regime) in France, that of inhabitants having the rights of citizenship and political rights in a city (comparable to the German term Bürgertum and );
- and, originally and generally, "those who live in the borough", that is to say, the people of the city (including merchants and craftsmen), as opposed to those of rural areas; in this sense, the bourgeoisie began to grow in Europe from the 11th century and particularly during the Renaissance of the 12th century, with the first developments of rural exodus and urbanization.
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bourgeois
Noun
1. a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
(synonym) businessperson
(hypernym) capitalist
(hyponym) accountant, comptroller, controller
2. a member of the middle class
(synonym) burgher
(hypernym) commoner, common man, common person
(hyponym) petit bourgeois
(member-holonym) middle class, bourgeoisie
Adjective
1. (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
(similar) capitalistic, capitalist
2. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality"
(synonym) conservative, materialistic
(similar) middle-class
3. belonging to the middle class
(similar) middle-class
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bourgeois
adj.
bourgeois, materialistic, conventional, middle class
| Babylon French-English | Download this dictionary |
bourgeois
adj.
bourgeois, middle class
bourgeois
nm.
bourgeois, burgess
