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Recent Examples of bourgeoisie
The promise in the air inspires immigrants, unionists, suffragettes, and a rising Black bourgeoisie.
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Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
La Notte, another standout, sees her light up a contemplative drama about the Italian bourgeoisie.
—Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 6 June 2025
This creative evolution has expanded papier-mâché’s market appeal, with a new generation of clientele emerging – a group that includes interior designers, a local urban bourgeoisie, and international buyers.
—Fahad Shah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2025
The company was started around the same time as other famous French stores like Le Bon Marché (1852) and La Samaritaine (1870), both of which, like Printemps, catered to the country’s growing bourgeoisie.
—Lanna Apisukh, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025
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Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
La Notte, another standout, sees her light up a contemplative drama about the Italian bourgeoisie.
—Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 6 June 2025
This creative evolution has expanded papier-mâché’s market appeal, with a new generation of clientele emerging – a group that includes interior designers, a local urban bourgeoisie, and international buyers.
—Fahad Shah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2025
The company was started around the same time as other famous French stores like Le Bon Marché (1852) and La Samaritaine (1870), both of which, like Printemps, catered to the country’s growing bourgeoisie.
—Lanna Apisukh, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bourgeoisie
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Lower than proletariat workers, the lumpenproletariat includes the indigent and the unemployable, those cast out of the workforce with no recourse, or those who can’t enter it in the first place, such as young workers in times of economic depression.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2025
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Somehow, this respectable foe of radicalism had organized the political realignment that broke up the Union, sustained the war that overthrew the South’s ruling class, and managed the struggle that emancipated its proletariat.—
Matthew Karp,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Our family was considered middle class.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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China, which pulled 700 million people out of poverty and into the middle class over the past 35 years, is the real role model.—
Kingsley Moghalu,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The album also incorporated ancestral Afro-Puerto Rican rhythms and jíbaro sounds, grounding its critique in the cultural and musical roots of the island’s working class.—
Raquel Reichard,
Refinery29,
30 Sep. 2025
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About Marcus King Marcus King grew up in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains in a working class family with deep roots in music.—
Sid Evans,
Southern Living,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Bourgeoisie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bourgeoisie. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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