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bourgeois
bour·geois B0422700 (bo͝or-zhwä′, bo͝o- bo͝or′zhwä′, bo͝o′-)n. pl. bourgeois 1. A person belonging to the middle class.2. A person whose attitudes and behavior are marked by conformity to the standards and conventions of the middle class.3. In Marxist theory, a member of the property-owning class; a capitalist.adj. Of, relating to, or typical of the middle class, especially in holding conventional attitudes and materialistic values.
[French, from Old French burgeis, citizen of a town, from bourg, bourg; see bourg.]bourgeois (ˈbʊəʒwɑː; bʊəˈʒwɑː) n, pl -geois1. a member of the middle class, esp one regarded as being conservative and materialistic or (in Marxist thought) a capitalist exploiting the working class2. a mediocre, unimaginative, or materialistic personadj3. characteristic of, relating to, or comprising the middle class4. conservative or materialistic in outlook: a bourgeois mentality. 5. (in Marxist thought) dominated by capitalists or capitalist interests[C16: from Old French borjois, burgeis burgher, citizen, from bourg town; see burgess] bourgeoise fem n
bourgeois (bəˈdʒɔɪs) n (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 9 point[C19: perhaps from its size, midway between long primer and brevier]
Bourgeois (French burʒwa) n (Biography) Léon Victor Auguste (leɔ̃ viktɔr oɡyst). 1851–1925, French statesman; first chairman of the League of Nations: Nobel peace prize 1920bour•geois (bʊərˈʒwɑ, ˈbʊər ʒwɑ)
n., pl. -geois,
adj. n. 1. a member of the bourgeoisie or middle class. 2. a person who is generally materialistic and concerned with respectability and convention. 3. a shopkeeper or merchant. adj. 4. belonging to, characteristic of, or consisting of the middle class. 5. characterized by or concerned with materialism and convention. [1555–65; < Middle French; Old French borgeis burgess] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  bourgeois - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprisebusinesspersoncapitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)accountant, comptroller, controller - someone who maintains and audits business accountsaccount executive, account representative, customer's broker, customer's man, registered representative - someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service businessbroker, factor, agent - a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commissionbusinessman, man of affairs - a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)businesswoman - a female businesspersonenterpriser, entrepreneur - someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for itexporter - a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)importer - someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)merchandiser, merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail tradeshipper - someone who ships goodsprovider, supplier - someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity | | 2. | bourgeois - a member of the middle classburgherbourgeoisie, middle class - the social class between the lower and upper classescommon man, common person, commoner - a person who holds no titlepetit bourgeois - a member of the lower middle class | | Adj. | 1. | bourgeois - (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working classcapitalistic, capitalist - favoring or practicing capitalism | | 2. |  bourgeois - conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality"materialistic, conservativemiddle-class - occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy | | 3. | bourgeois - belonging to the middle classmiddle-class - occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy |
bourgeoisadjective middle-class, conservative, traditional, conventional, provincial, suburban, small-town, materialistic, conformist, property-owning, hidebound, Pooterish the bourgeois ideology of individualismQuotations
"The bourgeois treasures nothing more highly than the self" [Hermann Hesse Steppenwolf]
"Destroy him as you will, the bourgeois always bounces up - execute him, expropriate him, starve him out en masse, and he reappears in your children" [Cyril Connolly]
"How beastly the bourgeois is"
"Especially the male of the species" [D.H. Lawrence How Beastly the Bourgeois Is]TranslationsbourgeoisbourgeoisementborgheseburguêsбуржуабуржуазныймещанинIdiomsSeeépater les bourgeoisBourgeois
Bourgeois a city dweller in medieval western Europe, a burgher; in capitalist society, a representative of the class of the bourgeoisie; or often a philistine and member of the middle classes (a representative of the petite bourgeoisie). bourgeois
Related to bourgeois: bourgeoisieSynonyms for bourgeoisadj middle-classSynonyms- middle-class
- conservative
- traditional
- conventional
- provincial
- suburban
- small-town
- materialistic
- conformist
- property-owning
- hidebound
- Pooterish
Synonyms for bourgeoisnoun a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterpriseSynonymsRelated Words- capitalist
- accountant
- comptroller
- controller
- account executive
- account representative
- customer's broker
- customer's man
- registered representative
- broker
- factor
- agent
- businessman
- man of affairs
- businesswoman
- enterpriser
- entrepreneur
- exporter
- importer
- merchandiser
- merchant
- shipper
- provider
- supplier
noun a member of the middle classSynonymsRelated Words- bourgeoisie
- middle class
- common man
- common person
- commoner
- petit bourgeois
adj (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working classRelated Wordsadj conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle classSynonyms- materialistic
- conservative
Related Wordsadj belonging to the middle classRelated Words |