bourgeoisie
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8.4
- noun
- /ˌbʊrʒwɑːˈziː/
:
burguesía
- In many countries, the bourgeoisie owns the majority of businesses and property.
- petty bourgeoisie
- national bourgeoisie
- comprador bourgeoisie
The petty bourgeoisie, that's the small bourgeoisie, the small business owners.
- The petty bourgeoisie, that's the small bourgeoisie, the small business owners.
- So Malthus is often portrayed as this cruel, inhuman Scrooge or a lackey of the bourgeoisie as Marx called him.
- Is it because I'm wearing as, as some people have called it, the part of the uniform of the bourgeoisie?
- That guard was made-up of both workers and bourgeoisie, and it soon split into two camps, with the workers forming their own Red Guard.
- But they, like the bourgeoisie in the pre revolutionary France, are excluded from any participation in decision making.
- At this time, the Third Estate, the bourgeoisie made-up the big buck of the population in France, but wasn't allowed to vote, CAS wrote.
- They usually trafficked in class warfare, bourgeoisie, proletariat, class balances.
- Partly it's, it's being done to, you know, outrage of the bourgeoisie.
- Lauterbach's poems are That Room and make that room, holding it open, while in the next room the bourgeoisie quote copies out the printed day.
Examples
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They blame the state and they blame the bourgeoisie, the middle classes, the middle men.
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The military faction of the bourgeoisie remains the most powerful.
Academic text (1990) -
But what's going to happen is the bourgeoisie are going to rise to power.
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But the truth is, the bourgeoisie does have a lot of charm.
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You know more about the sensibilities of the bourgeoisie than I do.
Fiction book (1998) -
Otherwise, we call the middle class the bourgeoisie, who, as Tom Lehrer said, just keep rising.
Blog text (26) -
Sections of the Roman Catholic nobility and bourgeoisie supported this view.
Academic text (1992) -
The bourgeoisie are here.
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The Lebanese political system amounts to nothing more than a small bourgeoisie and sectarian groups.
Academic text (2011) -
Kenya's recent political history does not support theories celebrating the bourgeoisie as unwavering champions of democracy.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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People with moderate income and education who are not rich or poor
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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8.7
A social class of small shop and business owners and lower level professionals
- Formal
Middle or upper class people in a socialist state who live in luxury while claiming to support equality
How Wealthy
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- Jargon
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9.3
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2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bourgeoisie comes from the French word bourgeois, which comes from bourg meaning 'town'. It first meant 'town people' who ran shops and owned property, so today bourgeoisie refers to the middle class that owns businesses and has social influence.