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Belonging to, or characteristic of, values and attitudes of the middle class
“Divorces were concentrated among middle-class and bourgeois women living in the towns of northern France.”
Having conventional or conservative values
“The more the peasant exerted himself in response to the government's plea for more production, the more he prospered and developed bourgeois attitudes.”
Of or relating to materialistic or capitalistic values
“British capitalism is a bourgeois democracy, and both bits of that label are important.”
Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between
Having low social or economic rank
Indifferent or hostile to culture, the arts, or intellectual ideas
Relating to things (such as clothing) that are suggestive of poshness or class
A person with overly conventional and conservative values and attitudes
“Far from being typical of the Swiss bourgeois his enemies have described, his ideas were highly innovative and far ahead of his time.”
A member of the middle class
“My dreams differed from those of the common bourgeois.”
A person who is highly influenced by private-property interest
“The typical bourgeois of the middle years of the century was too busy making money to be bothered with politics.”
A group of individuals considered to be subjects of a person in charge
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