释义 |
bourgeoisify, v.|buːʒˈwɑːzɪfaɪ| [f. bourgeois a. + -ify.] To convert to a bourgeois outlook or mode of life. (Used esp. in Communist writings.) So bourˈgeoisified ppl. a.
1930tr. Lenin's Coll. Wks. XVIII. 44 Marx shows how..the British proletariat is becoming ‘bourgeoisified’. 1937‘C. Caudwell’ Illusion & Reality iv. 75 The bourgeoisie and the bourgeoisified nobility. 1938‘G. Orwell’ Homage to Catalonia v. 78 The workers' militias..must be preserved..and every effort to ‘bourgeoisify’ them must be resisted. 1960New Left Rev. Sept.–Oct. 13/2 Temporary industrial monopoly enabled the capitalists to ‘bribe’ and ‘bourgeoisify’ the working class. So bourgeoisifiˈcation, conversion to a bourgeois outlook or mode of life.
1937J. M. Murry Necessity of Pacifism ii. 32 ‘The bourgeoisification of the English proletariat’, which he [sc. Marx] deplored. 1938‘G. Orwell’ Homage to Catalonia v. 71 A general ‘bourgeoisification’, a deliberate destruction of the equalitarian spirit of the first few months of the revolution, was taking place. |