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
In a more simplistic story, Derya and Aziz’s efforts to find a good private school for their daughter would come off as a hopeless bourgeois indulgence.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Jim Dickinson stepped in to produce and play a little piano, but Travis deemed the results too polished, too polite, too bourgeois.
—Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 8 Feb. 2026
In the 19th century, the rise of bourgeois society in the Industrial Revolution saw the arrival of the necktie.
—Kristina Kukolja, NPR, 21 Jan. 2026
Similar bourgeois mobilizations are happening all over the country.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Jim Dickinson stepped in to produce and play a little piano, but Travis deemed the results too polished, too polite, too bourgeois.
—Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 8 Feb. 2026
In the 19th century, the rise of bourgeois society in the Industrial Revolution saw the arrival of the necktie.
—Kristina Kukolja, NPR, 21 Jan. 2026
Similar bourgeois mobilizations are happening all over the country.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bourgeois
Adjective
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There have only been a few weeks between the end of her life as the beloved daughter of middle-class parents to her first days as a Pearl Girl.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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So for many middle-class Americans, the choice is between a dangerous amount of debt or no new car at all.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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Canary Wharf, formerly grim docks and working-class housing blocks in eastern London, has been transformed into a mammoth global commercial center.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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The son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, he was often criticized as being out of touch with working-class Canadians, a perception that contributed to mounting political pressure toward the end of his time in office.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Revisiting maps mid-decade for political advantage runs directly against both the spirit and the plain language of those protections.—
Dan Daley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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But a glimpse at an earlier journalistic universe—newspapers in the era before social media—shows the dishonesty at the center of the project to treat the plain meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment as up for grabs.—
Lawrence Glickman,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Bourgeois.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bourgeois. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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