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Recent Examples of bourgeoisie
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.
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Lanna Apisukh, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025
According to theory, words referred not to the world they were tasked with representing but only to other words in a ruthless system where meaning was elusive, reality an illusion and the self a romantic fiction perpetrated by the capitalist bourgeoisie.
—Emily Eakin, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Even before the Atlantic City Boardwalk became the iconic scene of the Roaring ‘20s New Jersey bourgeoisie, the Jersey Shore was already increasingly a vacation spot for the wealthy.
—Andrew Depietro, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Then a hotelier hung Nymphs and Satyr in a public bar, shaking up NYC's bourgeoisie.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
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Lanna Apisukh, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025
According to theory, words referred not to the world they were tasked with representing but only to other words in a ruthless system where meaning was elusive, reality an illusion and the self a romantic fiction perpetrated by the capitalist bourgeoisie.
—Emily Eakin, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Even before the Atlantic City Boardwalk became the iconic scene of the Roaring ‘20s New Jersey bourgeoisie, the Jersey Shore was already increasingly a vacation spot for the wealthy.
—Andrew Depietro, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Then a hotelier hung Nymphs and Satyr in a public bar, shaking up NYC's bourgeoisie.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 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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As millions move out of poverty and into the middle class, energy demand increases.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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But for the middle class, staying at home is an option.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Following the 2024 election there was much handwringing, pulling of hair, and gnashing of teeth over how the Democratic Party lost the broad working class.—
Nick Gauthier,
Hartford Courant,
7 July 2025
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In 2024, Trump won 55% of Hispanic voters earning $50,000 annually or less, an income cohort commonly defined as working class, defeating then-Vice President Kamala Harris by 11 percentage points , according to CNN exit polling.—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
18 June 2025
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“Bourgeoisie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bourgeoisie. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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