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bourgeois
What does bourgeois mean?
bourgeois (adjective): of or relating to the middle class, and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use bourgeois in a sentence?
- A bourgeois mentality. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does bourgeois come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from Old French burgeis (“town dweller”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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of or relating to the middle class, and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values
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