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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Recent Examples of bourgeois
The film follows a single mother and her teenage son in a bourgeois house near the port of Beirut.
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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
The Industrial Revolution gave rise to a new bourgeois class that, when not reeling from the latest market crash, had time and money to burn.
—Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
Baldwin was fluent in the language of bourgeois respectability and dressed the part when the occasion called for it.
—Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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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
The Industrial Revolution gave rise to a new bourgeois class that, when not reeling from the latest market crash, had time and money to burn.
—Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
Baldwin was fluent in the language of bourgeois respectability and dressed the part when the occasion called for it.
—Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bourgeois
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bourgeois
Adjective
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Massive clouds of pollutants could collide in North Carolina this week and result in poor air quality conditions for millions.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
5 June 2025
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This lack of preparation yields poor communication that worsens difficult situations and burns bridges between companies and fired employees.—
Nicole Tidei,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Her great-grandfather served in the Vietnam War and, on his return, took a job in the U.S. Postal Service, a key employer in the story of upward mobility for middle-class Black families.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
4 June 2025
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Samson realizes that arresting speculators and burglars on behalf of the Bolsheviks will not bring back the stability of his middle-class, prerevolutionary youth.—
Uilleam Blacker,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2025
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“Bourgeois.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bourgeois. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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