: a community of bohemians : the world of bohemians
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebGibling set the tone for life at 835 Kings Road, fostering a bohemia that rivalled any in Greenwich Village. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 July 2022 Varda’s feminist vision embraces love, whimsy, joyful bohemia and tenderness no less than healthy anger over injustice. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2022 Coupled with parted bangs and slightly ragged ends, Jenner's hair suddenly skimmed her waist, the style screaming '90s and with a gritty take on bohemia favored by era-favorites like Fiona Apple and Alanis Morissette. Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2022 In that era, the Strand grubstaked downtown bohemia. Alex Traub, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2021 Without the bourgeoisie’s staid and starchy mores, there is no bohemia. Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021 The bag itself spoke to the moment, with its jaunty insouciance, its effortless blend of elegance and bohemia, its ability to traverse the rapidly disappearing border between uptown and down. Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2021 The Federal Writers’ Project thrived under the unlikely leadership of the rumpled, melancholic journalist Henry Alsberg, who had deep roots in literary and political bohemia. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2021 Krasner adeptly assembled movers and shakers in the art world — critics, gallerists, collectors, painters, and other denizens of New York bohemia — around their dinner table in the country.BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
translation of French bohème
First Known Use
1854, in the meaning defined above
Geographical Definition
Bohemia
geographical name
Bo·he·mia bō-ˈhē-mē-ə
variants or Čechy
ˈche-kē
-ḵē
region of western Czech Republic; once a kingdom, later a province; capital Prague