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bourgeoisrelating to the middle class, especially their perceived materialistic values and conventional attitudes

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: relating to the middle class, especially their perceived materialistic values and conventional attitudes

Pronunciation (IPA): /bʊrˈʒwɑː/

Korean meaning: 중산층의, 부르주아의 (특히 물질주의적이고 보수적인)

Korean pronunciation: 부어**즈와**

Example Sentences

  • Despite his bohemian appearance, he had very bourgeois taste in restaurants.
  • She rejected her bourgeois upbringing and became a street artist.
  • His bourgeois friends were shocked when he quit his corporate job to become a yoga instructor.

bourgeois

ADJECTIVE

//bʊrˈʒwɑː//

relating to the middle class, especially their perceived materialistic values and conventional attitudes

bourgeois concept
💡 Concept

A couple displays their bourgeois lifestyle with expensive possessions

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bourgeois rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

The bourgeois guitar sounds so bizarre

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/bʊrˈʒwɑː/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈbʊəʒwɑː/

🌳Etymology

Rootbourgeois
Suffix--eois

Origin

From French 'bourgeois', derived from Old French 'burgeis' meaning 'citizen of a town' or 'townsman', ultimately from 'bourg' (town or borough), which comes from Germanic 'burg' meaning 'fortified town'.

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🎵Rhyme

bizarreguitarbazaar
bizarre
guitar
bazaar

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

Despite his bohemian appearance, he had very bourgeois taste in restaurants.

She rejected her bourgeois upbringing and became a street artist.

😄 Fun example

His bourgeois friends were shocked when he quit his corporate job to become a yoga instructor.

The artist's work challenged bourgeois conventions about what constitutes 'proper' art.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

middle-classconventionalmaterialisticcapitalist

Antonyms

proletarianbohemianunconventional

Related

capitalismaristocracyworking-classelite