as in poor
belonging to the class of people of middle social or economic rank
The neighborhood was occupied primarily by bourgeois families.
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Stay Here: In Bilbao’s bourgeois enclave of Neguri, Palacio Arriluce is a palace-turned-49-room hotel where Queen Anne and neo-Gothic flourishes evoke the charm of a grand English manor — complete with a croquet lawn overlooking the Biscayan coast.
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Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 28 May 2025
Sordi stars as Fabio, a bank clerk who has an utterly complacent attitude about the bourgeois comforts of his life.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 May 2025
The film follows a single mother and her teenage son in a bourgeois house near the port of Beirut.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 May 2025
Beneath the surface, there are, in fact, some major conflicts brewing in Enzo’s life: He’s been waging a quiet war against his bourgeois parents (Pierfrancesco Favino, Elodie Bouchez), rejecting the typical academic route that his older brother (Nathan Japy) has successfully chosen.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
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Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 28 May 2025
Sordi stars as Fabio, a bank clerk who has an utterly complacent attitude about the bourgeois comforts of his life.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 May 2025
The film follows a single mother and her teenage son in a bourgeois house near the port of Beirut.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 May 2025
Beneath the surface, there are, in fact, some major conflicts brewing in Enzo’s life: He’s been waging a quiet war against his bourgeois parents (Pierfrancesco Favino, Elodie Bouchez), rejecting the typical academic route that his older brother (Nathan Japy) has successfully chosen.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bourgeois
Adjective
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This last group is those with still poor (<50) RS Ratings, but strong (>80) 3-month RS Ratings. a.—
Randy Watts,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Here are the inspection scores and violations for restaurants within the city limits of Arlington for June 29th - July 5th, 2025 A score of 100 is a perfect score and 70 is considered to be extremely poor.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 July 2025
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Overall monthly expenses for a couple are from $1,400 to $2,300—that’s for a comfortable, middle-class lifestyle.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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But advocates for increasing the caps argue that the $10,000 cap is increasingly impacting middle-class homeowners who live in regions where property taxes are rising.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
28 June 2025
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“Bourgeois.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bourgeois. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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