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bourgeois

adjective, noun

/ˈbʊrʒ.wɑː/

Meaning

Relating to the middle class, often with materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

The novel criticizes the bourgeois lifestyle of the city dwellers.

petit bourgeois

middle-class, conventional, materialistic, capitalist

aristocratic, proletarian

bourgeois society, bourgeois lifestyle, bourgeois values, petit bourgeois

Engaged to be married; a person who is engaged.

Relating to dogs; also refers to the pointed teeth in humans and animals

belonging to the present time; a flow of water or electricity

relating to the mind or supernatural powers; a person claiming to have extrasensory abilities

Not valid; having no force or effect. Also refers to a person too weak or ill to care for themselves...

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