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Recent Examples of bourgeoisie
Lluís is an embodiment of a kind of pragmatism that reigned in those years among the Catalan bourgeoisie.
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Colm Tóibín, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
Wake-Robin gets its name from a deep purple wildflower native to the Mid-Atlantic, which, from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, was the hub of the Black bourgeoisie.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Woodcutters sets forth the musings of a narrator sitting in an armchair at a dinner party who excoriates the literary awards establishments of his native land (and by extension all lands that are host to a robust bourgeoisie).
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Its leaders sanctioned the mass appropriation of lands from the nobility and their distribution to smaller farmers and the urban bourgeoisie.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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Colm Tóibín, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
Wake-Robin gets its name from a deep purple wildflower native to the Mid-Atlantic, which, from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, was the hub of the Black bourgeoisie.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Woodcutters sets forth the musings of a narrator sitting in an armchair at a dinner party who excoriates the literary awards establishments of his native land (and by extension all lands that are host to a robust bourgeoisie).
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Its leaders sanctioned the mass appropriation of lands from the nobility and their distribution to smaller farmers and the urban bourgeoisie.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bourgeoisie
Noun
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All that loot pumped out of the Armenian proletariat, says the gaur, and for what.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Severin, on the other hand, represents the revolutionary proletariat.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And a lot of these supposedly progressive policies would aid the prosperous, as well as the middle class and working class.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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Now, translate that out to those in our nation’s higher-earning middle class.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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People born into working class households in the 1840s should have been doing well in the 1870s.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2026
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The love affair Europe has for pigeon racing began in the 1800s and grew into a working class sport.—
Sharyn Alfonsi,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Bourgeoisie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bourgeoisie. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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