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bourgeois
adjective
noun
belonging to the middle class
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ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː
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adjective
belonging to the middle class
adjective
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
“a bourgeois mentality”
adjective
(according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
noun
a member of the middle class
noun
a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
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a bourgeois mentality
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