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bourgeois

bour·geois [ boor w, br w ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. conventional: associated with affluent middle-class people, who are often characterized as conventional, conservative, or materialistic in outlook

2. capitalist: according to Marxist theory, relating to the social class that owns the means of producing wealth and is regarded as exploiting the working class

[Mid-16th century. < French, "citizen of a city or borough" < Latin burgus "castle, borough" < Germanic]

bour·geois noun
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