bourgeoise
noun
bour·geoise
ˈbu̇rzh-ˌwäz 
also ˈbu̇zh-,
or ˈbüzh-,
or
bu̇rzh-ˈwäz
: a woman of the middle class
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This helps symbolically unite the countries amid massive racial and class inequalities that benefit a white and white-adjacent bourgeoise.
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Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
The children of the Black bourgeoise have likely done etiquette training like cotillion.
—Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
At this, Beatriz warms up to Witold, someone who, among other things, does not speak the idiom of the bourgeoise.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
These fans have not been waiting in line for over seven hours and are on a completely different level than the front-of-the-line bourgeoise.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 29 June 2023
To make his case, Beard adapted France’s cuisine bourgeoise for the American market, Anglicizing the names of certain dishes, turning down the volume on others considered too complicated or adventurous, and grafting American ingredients onto the rootstock of French recipes.
—Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 4 Dec. 2020
What tech savvy conservatives who do not speak truth to Creationism are doing is analogous to the behavior of affluent upper middle Marxist academics, who enjoy the accoutrements of bourgeoise life, while giving lip service to the revolution.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 21 Nov. 2012
Madame Maigret, in turn, is the very type of the French bourgeoise chatelaine, whom Maigret both protects and patronizes.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
In an improv acting class, tall, curly-haired Jazis meets fellow student Anna (Alise Dzene), a rich girl whose rebelliousness runs more toward acts of shock-the-bourgeoise provocation.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 June 2022
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Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
The children of the Black bourgeoise have likely done etiquette training like cotillion.
—Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
At this, Beatriz warms up to Witold, someone who, among other things, does not speak the idiom of the bourgeoise.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
These fans have not been waiting in line for over seven hours and are on a completely different level than the front-of-the-line bourgeoise.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 29 June 2023
To make his case, Beard adapted France’s cuisine bourgeoise for the American market, Anglicizing the names of certain dishes, turning down the volume on others considered too complicated or adventurous, and grafting American ingredients onto the rootstock of French recipes.
—Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 4 Dec. 2020
What tech savvy conservatives who do not speak truth to Creationism are doing is analogous to the behavior of affluent upper middle Marxist academics, who enjoy the accoutrements of bourgeoise life, while giving lip service to the revolution.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 21 Nov. 2012
Madame Maigret, in turn, is the very type of the French bourgeoise chatelaine, whom Maigret both protects and patronizes.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
In an improv acting class, tall, curly-haired Jazis meets fellow student Anna (Alise Dzene), a rich girl whose rebelliousness runs more toward acts of shock-the-bourgeoise provocation.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 June 2022
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“Bourgeoise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bourgeoise. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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