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post·bour·geois | \ ˌpōst-ˈbu̇rzh-ˌwä also -ˈbu̇zh- or -ˈbüzh- or -bu̇rzh-ˈwä 
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\Definition of postbourgeois
: following the decline or end of the bourgeois class or bourgeois interests or values
But for many years a band of revolutionaries envisioned a different postbourgeois utopia, one based on federated communes free from the oppressive forces of capital and government.— Nathaniel French
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The first known use of postbourgeois was in 1933
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