bourgeois

noun

/ˈbʊəʒwɑː/, /ˌbʊəˈʒwɑː/

/ˌbʊrˈʒwɑː/, /ˈbʊrʒwɑː/

(plural bourgeois)

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a person who belongs to the middle class
- The hat identified him as a bourgeois.
(disapproving) a person who is interested mainly in possessions and social status and supporting traditional values
- I'd forgotten what a bourgeois you are.
(politics) a person who supports the interests of capitalism

bourgeois

adjective

/ˈbʊəʒwɑː/, /ˌbʊəˈʒwɑː/

/ˌbʊrˈʒwɑː/, /ˈbʊrʒwɑː/

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belonging to the middle class
- a traditional bourgeois family
- The family has long been the basic unit of bourgeois society.
see also petit bourgeois
(disapproving) interested mainly in possessions and social status and supporting traditional values
- bourgeois attitudes/tastes
- They've become very bourgeois since they got married.
- That's a terribly bourgeois view!
(politics) supporting the interests of capitalism
- bourgeois ideology

Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, from late Latin burgus ‘castle’ (in medieval Latin ‘fortified town’), ultimately of Germanic origin and related to borough.

单词	bourgeois
释义	bourgeois noun /ˈbʊəʒwɑː/, /ˌbʊəˈʒwɑː/ /ˌbʊrˈʒwɑː/, /ˈbʊrʒwɑː/ (plural bourgeois) jump to other results a person who belongs to the middle class The hat identified him as a bourgeois. (disapproving) a person who is interested mainly in possessions and social status and supporting traditional values I'd forgotten what a bourgeois you are. (politics) a person who supports the interests of capitalism see also petit bourgeois bourgeois adjective /ˈbʊəʒwɑː/, /ˌbʊəˈʒwɑː/ /ˌbʊrˈʒwɑː/, /ˈbʊrʒwɑː/ jump to other results belonging to the middle class a traditional bourgeois family The family has long been the basic unit of bourgeois society. see also petit bourgeois (disapproving) interested mainly in possessions and social status and supporting traditional values bourgeois attitudes/tastes They've become very bourgeois since they got married. That's a terribly bourgeois view! (politics) supporting the interests of capitalism bourgeois ideology Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, from late Latin burgus ‘castle’ (in medieval Latin ‘fortified town’), ultimately of Germanic origin and related to borough.
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