bourgeois

[Bour*geois·]

The adjective bourgeois means relating to or typical of the middle class. If someone says, "Oh, how bourgeois!" it's probably an insult, meaning you're preoccupied with middle class small mindedness.

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A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.

Noun
a member of the middle class

Noun
a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise

Adjective S.
belonging to the middle class

Adjective S.
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality"

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

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n.
A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.

n.
A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class.

a.
Characteristic of the middle class, as in France.


Bourgeois

Bour*geois" , n. [From a French type founder named Bourgeois, or fr. F. bourgeois of the middle class; hence applied to an intermediate size of type between brevier and long primer: cf. G. bourgeois, borgis. Cf. Burgess.] (Print.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type. &hand; This line is printed in bourgeois type.

Bourgeois

Bour*geois" , n. [F., fr. bourg town; of German origin. See Burgess.] A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. [France.] a. Characteristic of the middle class, as in France.

A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.

A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class.

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Usage Examples

In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is.

I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.

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Other Usage Examples

I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois.

In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.

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