embourgeoisement
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˌɛmbɔːrˈɡwɑːzəmənt/
- Formal
- However, the process of embourgeoisement is necessarily uneven, and in this setting, the responses of merchants and farmers to the imperatives of commercial capitalism were relatively dissimilar.
Examples
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The neighborhood underwent significant embourgeoisement, transforming from a working-class area to a middle-class suburb.
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There is also, in certain quarters, "a growing disquietude about the image of widespread... embourgeoisement" of Japanese Americans.
Academic text (1994) -
Austrian society was slowly being transformed by embourgeoisement, but the old Austrian aristocracy was resilient, even compared with its European peers.
Academic text (2014) -
Laube's Rococo and Pichler's article share a strong belief in interrelated social and industrial progress—an important element of the ideology of embourgeoisement.
Academic text (2014) -
Likewise, the materialist perspective could also accept them as a transitional stage towards more proletarianization or embourgeoisement, or otherwise reject them as unorganized, unconscious ameliorants of state or capital interests (see also section III).
Academic text (1990) -
As artists moved in, the embourgeoisement of the district reshaped its culture and attracted new businesses.
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Many residents felt that the embourgeoisement of their community led to rising living costs and a loss of local character.
Synonyms
15
7.9
A process where richer people move into a run-down city area and push up prices
Antonyms
- Specialized
1
9.9
A change where people lose property or status and become paid workers
How Middle-Class
29
4.2
24
7.5
- Formal
1
9.9
18
3.9
110
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
embourgeoisement = embourgeois (semi-transparent) = em + bourgeois + ement
The formation from the verbal base 'embourgeois' to a noun with the suffix '-ement' is a regular nominalization pattern and is directly interpretable as 'the process or result of embourgeois(ing)'.
Etymology
Embourgeoisement comes from the French parts em- and bourgeois, where bourgeois means 'middle-class' and em- means 'to make' or 'become'. So embourgeoisement is the process of a person or place becoming more middle-class.