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   Bour·geois

   /bo͝orˈZHwä/

   

   adjective

   • 1. of or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes: "a rich, bored, bourgeois family" Similar middle-classproperty-owningpropertiedshopkeepingconventionaltraditionalconservativeconformistordinarycommonplaceprovincialparochialsuburbansmall-townparish-pumpOpposite proletarianunconventional
   • ▪ (in Marxist contexts) upholding the interests of capitalism; not communist: "bourgeois society took for granted the sanctity of property" Similar capitalisticmaterialisticmoney-orientedcommercialinformal, derogatory:yuppieOpposite communist

   noun

   • 1. a bourgeois person: "a self-confessed and proud bourgeois"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French, from late Latin burgus ‘castle’ (in medieval Latin ‘fortified town’), ultimately of Germanic origin and related to borough. Compare with burgess.

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