bourgeoisie

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Recent Examples of bourgeoisie There are things to satirize, trouble, and celebrate about the Black bourgeoisie. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 11 Nov. 2025 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 The promise in the air inspires immigrants, unionists, suffragettes, and a rising Black bourgeoisie. 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 See All Example Sentences for bourgeoisie
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Noun
  • All that loot pumped out of the Armenian proletariat, says the gaur, and for what.
    Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Severin, on the other hand, represents the revolutionary proletariat.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • During the same period, union membership declined, the Democratic Party abandoned its working-class base, and both parties presided over the shrinking of the middle class.
    Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
  • There is some evidence that one reason the middle class is shrinking is that more people have entered upper-income tiers.
    Mark Robert Rank, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The house always wins Thaksin’s promise to improve the lives of the rural working classes, implement universal healthcare and subsidies for farmers earnt him a millions-strong following, particularly among his home base in the northeast.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
  • To ignore race—or gender, or sexuality—while attempting to build working class solidarity is to say that there are some concerns of working class people that do not matter.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026

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“Bourgeoisie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bourgeoisie. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.

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