the bourgeoisienoun [ S, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˌbɔːʒ.wɑːˈziː/us/ˌbʊrʒ.wɑːˈziː/(in Marxism) the part of society, including employers and people who run large companies, that has most of the money and takes advantage of ordinary workers:
The new bourgeoisie, which was created by the Industrial Revolution, had money to spend and wanted to travel.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Class & class-consciousness in general
- arriviste
- bougie
- bourgeois
- class struggle
- class-conscious
- high society
- Hooray Henry
- inverted snob
- lower class
- lowest common denominator
- polarize
- prole
- proletarian
- riff-raff
- Sloane Ranger
- underclass
- untouchable
- upper class
- upwardly mobile
- well bred
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