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- pronunciation:
- bur
zhwa
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, related to, or characteristic of the middle class.
Bourgeois women began to emulate the manners of the upper class.Bourgeois attitudes toward extra-marital affairs tended to be more conservative.- synonyms:
- middle-class
- similar words:
- popular
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| definition 2: |
marked by a concern for respectability, comfort, and material possessions.
Hippies rebelled against bourgeois values.- synonyms:
- materialistic
- similar words:
- acquisitive, capitalistic
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| definition 3: |
lacking artistic or social refinement; philistine.
An opera lover, he considered musical theater simply bourgeois.- synonyms:
- philistine
- antonyms:
- elite, refined
- similar words:
- common, conventional, ordinary, uncultivated, uncultured, unimaginative, unrefined, unsophisticated
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| related words: |
moderate |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
bourgeois |
| definition 1: |
one who belongs to the middle class.
The numbers of bourgeois increased with the expansion of trade.- synonyms:
- burgher
- similar words:
- commoner
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| definition 2: |
one who possesses or exhibits values, attitudes, and behavior conventionally associated with the middle class, such as materialism.
She married a young bourgeois who'd set his mind on becoming wealthy.- similar words:
- babbitt, capitalist, materialist, Middle American, suburbanite
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| definition 3: |
in Marxist theory, a member of the capitalist class, opposed to the proletariat in the class struggle.
- synonyms:
- capitalist, yuppie
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| related words: |
common, moderate |
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