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an·ti-bour·geois | \ ˌan-tē-ˈbu̇rzh-ˌwä 
, ˌan-ˌtī- also -ˈbu̇zh- or -ˈbüzh- or -bu̇rzh-ˈ \
, ˌan-ˌtī- also -ˈbu̇zh- or -ˈbüzh- or -bu̇rzh-ˈ \variants:
or less commonly antibourgeois
Definition of anti-bourgeois
: opposed to or hostile toward people or things considered bourgeois Brecht's early plays were radical, anarchistic and anti-bourgeois, but not anti-capitalist.— Raman Selden
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The first known use of anti-bourgeois was in 1892
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