bourgeois
/ˌbʊrˈʒwɑ/
noun
- A person belonging to the middle class, especially one seen as having conventional or materialistic values.
- The revolutionaries aimed to overthrow the bourgeoisie and the bourgeois.
- The novel's hero is a young bourgeois who rebels against his family.
- He called his neighbor a boring bourgeois who only cared about his lawn.
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adjective
- Relating to the middle class, especially in terms of its values, lifestyle, or materialistic concerns.
- The novel criticizes the bourgeois obsession with money and status.
- Her bourgeois tastes included fine china, classical music, and expensive cars.
- They lived a comfortable bourgeois life in a nice suburban house.
- Conventional, conservative, and focused on respectability and material possessions, often used in a disapproving way.
- The movie makes fun of the bourgeois habits of the wealthy characters.
- He rejected his parents' bourgeois values and became an artist.
- Some people think that owning a home is a very bourgeois goal.
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