Definition of bourgeoisie
1 : middle class members of the bourgeoisie; also, plural in construction : members of the middle class how the bourgeoisie are represented in the novel
2 : a class or group of people with social behavior and political views held to be influenced by private-property interest : a social order dominated by capitalists or bourgeois (see 2bourgeois 2)
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Liberal forms of government flourish best in societies with a large, self-confident and educated bourgeoisie for whom freedom has real meaning and who can share that sentiment widely.
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The cost, however, is a system in which one class of human beings, the property owners (in Marxian terms, the bourgeoisie), exploits another class, the workers (the proletariat).
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Jewish Marxists, for example, blamed Jewish capitalists and bourgeoisie, even though defamation was leveled equally at Jewish professionals, artisans, journalists and paupers.
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Posters were hung all over the campus, with slogans like down with the red bourgeoisie, riot police filled the streets, then sealed off the campus.
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Oh, those bourgeoisie in turn-of-the-century Normandy!
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Instead of overthrowing the bourgeoisie, the proletariat had joined it.
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Geography, settlement patterns, the rise of literate bourgeoisie, and, tragically, ethnic cleansing have formed states.
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Whatever went wrong, the counterrevolution, the forces of conservatism, the secret influence of the bourgeoisie could always be held responsible.
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Origin and Etymology of bourgeoisie
French, from bourgeois
First Known Use: 1774
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