bourgeois

adjective

Definition of bourgeoisnext
as in middle-class
belonging to the class of people of middle social or economic rank The neighborhood was occupied primarily by bourgeois families.

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Recent Examples of bourgeois Even if the movie gets a bit crazy in an apocalyptic epilogue, its picture of bourgeois smugness due for a takedown is delicious. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 Animals could offer liberatory models to throw off bourgeois conventions, returning Surrealists to primal ways of being. — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Their attempts to destroy the bourgeois family were, like the efforts of Suzanna’s mother and grandmother, ambivalent and half-hearted. — Julius Taranto, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026 And their struggle, within their world, to lead a good life, to lead a life that has meaning—their struggle between whether to pursue romantic adventure or a staid, bourgeois life—felt very real to me, at age twenty-five. — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bourgeois
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bourgeois
  1. middle-class
  2. working-class
  3. plain
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  • How do two middle-class lads in ratty threads, who might very well have both been played by Robert Pattinson, fast-track an appointment with Jesus?
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The end of saving money and raising middle-class wages justifies the means, namely, the destruction of immigrant families.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of middle-class
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  • President Donald Trump‘s appearance in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday underlines the Mahoning Valley as a bellwether of whether Democrats can win back the white, working-class voters that have rapidly shifted away from the party in recent years.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The memoirs of twentieth-century working-class politicians across the Western world echo with testimonies to the power of words.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of working-class
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  • For example, users could ask ChatGPT to explain an article in plain English, summarize its main argument and supporting evidence, or answer questions about a YouTube video.
    — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Before running an unfamiliar command, paste it into a plain-text editor and compare it with the instructions.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
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“Bourgeois.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bourgeois. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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