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bourgeois

adjective noun

belonging to the middle class

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
B
Ends with
S
Contains
OU
Scrabble score
12
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. belonging to the middle class

adjective

  1. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

    “a bourgeois mentality”

adjective

  1. (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class

noun

  1. a member of the middle class

noun

  1. a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise

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Example Sentences

a bourgeois mentality

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