materialistic, conventional, middle class
middle class person
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Bourgeois Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Bourgeois Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.
A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.
(n.)
A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class.
A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class.
(a.)
Characteristic of the middle class, as in France.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutCharacteristic of the middle class, as in France.
bourgeois
\bour*geois"\ (&?;), n. [from a french type founder named bourgeois, or fr. f. bourgeois of the middle class; hence applied to an intermediate size of type between brevier and long primer: cf. g. bourgeois, borgis. cf. burgess.] (print.) a size of type between long primer and brevier. see type.
note: this line is printed in bourgeois type.
bourgeois
\bour*geois"\ (&?;), n. [f., fr. bourg town; of german origin. see burgess.] a man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. [france.] a. characteristic of the middle class, as in france.
Noun
1. a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
(synonym) businessperson
(hypernym) capitalist
(hyponym) accountant, comptroller, controller
2. a member of the middle class
(synonym) burgher
(hypernym) commoner, common man, common person
(hyponym) petit bourgeois
(member-holonym) middle class, bourgeoisie
Adjective
1. (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
(similar) capitalistic, capitalist
2. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality"
(synonym) conservative, materialistic
(similar) middle-class
3. belonging to the middle class
(similar) middle-class
Bourgeois Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In sociology and in political science, the noun bourgeoisie (Fr.: | Eng.: ) and the adjective bourgeois are terms that describe an historical range of socio-economic classes. As such, in the Western world, since the late 18th century, the bourgeoisie describes a social class “characterized by their ownership of capital, and their related culture”; hence, the personal terms bourgeois (masculine) and bourgeoise (feminine) culturally identify the man or woman who is a member of the wealthiest social class in capitalist societies.
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