anti-bourgeois

adjective

an·​ti-bour·​geois ˌan-tē-ˈbu̇rzh-ˌwä 

ˌan-ˌtī-

also -ˈbu̇zh-

or -ˈbüzh-

or -bu̇rzh-ˈ

variants or less commonly antibourgeois

: 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

Examples of anti-bourgeois in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With the two pillars of modernity merging into one, antisemitism, in its modern form, was also anti-bourgeois. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-bourgeois

• aa
• aha
• bashaw
• bradshaw
• byelaw
• bylaw
• chainsaw
• cheraw
• coleslaw
• crenshaw
• dada
• esau