Definition of haute bourgeoisie in English:
haute bourgeoisie
noun ˌəʊt bʊəʒwɑːˈziːˌōt bo͝oZHwäˈzē
the haute bourgeoisietreated as singular or plural The upper middle class.
Example sentencesExamples
- In contrast, the Pahlavis lived comfortably but simply, probably no better than a prosperous European family of the haute bourgeoisie.’
- Not all Dresden was bombed, of course; on the banks of the Elbe there are still the magnificent villas of the haute bourgeoisie.
- Today, Occultists are routinely disparaged by the superior classes, the haute bourgeoisie, to which I belong, and which also includes most of the widely read art critics and influential art historians.
- These forms of unearned income linked to exploitation led to the emergence of the haute bourgeoisie as a new ruling class, which molded the state and church into instruments of domination over the petit bourgeoisie and the working class.
- Her father was a senior civil servant, and she remained a respected member of the well-to-do Parisian haute bourgeoisie.
Origin
French, literally 'high bourgeoisie'.