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embourgeoisement

em·bour·geoise·ment [ em br wzmənt, em br waaz mnt ]


noun 
Definition:
 
assumption of middle-class values: the process by which a social group becomes middle-class in manners and attitudes

[Mid-20th century. < French, < bourgeois (see bourgeois)]
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