Search Result:bourgeois
KK Pronunciation
〔 bL`dʒɒIs, bʒ- 〕
Pronunciation
〔 bә:ˋdʒɒis 〕
Overview of noun bourgeois
The noun bourgeois has 2 senses
- businessperson, bourgeois -- (a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise)
- bourgeois, burgher -- (a member of the middle class)
Overview of adj bourgeois
The adj bourgeois has 3 senses
- bourgeois -- ((according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class)
- bourgeois, conservative, materialistic -- (conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality")
- bourgeois -- (belonging to the middle class)