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Recent Examples of bourgeoisie
Then a hotelier hung Nymphs and Satyr in a public bar, shaking up NYC's bourgeoisie.
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JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
In the late 1830s and ’40s, in a dramatic shift, the Cologne bourgeoisie had formed a partnership with the Jews.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Locals tacked disgruntled but clever verses onto the busts, writing satires that bemoaned the pope, the city’s bourgeoisie and the corrupt nature of those who held power.
—Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2024
Klimt, of course, is Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), the Austrian modernist widely beloved for his paintings of the most beautiful women of Vienna’s haute bourgeoisie.
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
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JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
In the late 1830s and ’40s, in a dramatic shift, the Cologne bourgeoisie had formed a partnership with the Jews.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Locals tacked disgruntled but clever verses onto the busts, writing satires that bemoaned the pope, the city’s bourgeoisie and the corrupt nature of those who held power.
—Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2024
Klimt, of course, is Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), the Austrian modernist widely beloved for his paintings of the most beautiful women of Vienna’s haute bourgeoisie.
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bourgeoisie
Noun
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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
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As is the case with the aesthetics of people, exquisite lines can be found on patrician and proletariat cars alike.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Years of economic dysfunction have left the country’s once-thriving middle class in a state of desperation.—
Kareem Chehayeb,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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The network reported that respondents were split on if either party represented the middle class, with a third saying neither did.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Mamdani seeks to speak for the city’s working class, yet his voters appear to trend not just younger but whiter, richer, and more male than Cuomo’s.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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On his first day on the job, Marcelo observes the double standard at play in a system that protects the wealthy, while keeping the working class in their place — the same dynamic by which someone like himself could be snuffed without recrimination.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
18 May 2025
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“Bourgeoisie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bourgeoisie. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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