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Recent Examples of bourgeoisie
There are things to satirize, trouble, and celebrate about the Black bourgeoisie.
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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
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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
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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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As a child in the Palisades, Pratt grew up comfortably upper-middle class.—
Rachel Brodsky,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Black-majority communities face distinct banking desert challenges, for both poor and middle class Black families.—
Beverly Moran,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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According to his website, he was raised in a working class family that lived in Gallatin and Pendleton counties.—
Jolene Almendarez,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Jan. 2026
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This, together with the fragmented working class and weak community roots of Lindsay’s liberalism, left the city unable to fight the wave of neoliberal austerity measures that faced the city.—
Daniel Wortel-London,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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