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Bourgeois has 9 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise

"The new factory owner was criticized by the union as an ambitious bourgeois seeking to expand his textile empire."

2

a member of the middle class

"The new coffee shop was designed by a young architect who wanted to appeal specifically to the local bourgeois crowd looking for artisanal blends."

3

The middle class.

"The printer adjusted the font to bourgeois so the text was slightly smaller than brevier but larger than long primer for optimal readability."

4

A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.

Verb
1

To make bourgeois.

"The charity gala felt so bourgeois that I left early, embarrassed by the forced displays of wealth and moral superiority."

Adjective
1

(according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class

"The revolutionary argued that the factory owner's refusal to unionize was a classic bourgeois move designed solely to maintain his exploitation of the laborers."

2

conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

"a bourgeois mentality"

3

belonging to the middle class

"The new café felt entirely bourgeois, filled with people sipping lattes and discussing their weekend garden plans."

4

Of or relating to the middle class, (often derogatory) their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.

"The party planner was criticized for organizing a bourgeois gala complete with stiff formalwear and an exorbitant price tag that ignored anyone without disposable income."

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Origin

The word "bourgeois" comes from the Old French term for a town dweller. This original meaning referred to wealthy citizens belonging to the Third Estate, and it ultimately traces back to a Germanic root meaning stronghold or city.

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