1. (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class 
2. Conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
   "a bourgeois mentality"
   - conservative, materialistic 
3. Belonging to the middle class

1. A capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
   - businessperson 
2. A member of the middle class
   - burgher

Derived forms: bourgeoises

See also: capitalist, capitalistic, middle-class

Type of: capitalist, common man, common person, commoner

Part of: bourgeoisie, middle class

Encyclopedia: Bourgeois

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