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bourgeois adjective

  /bʊɹʒˈwɑː/ , /bʊʒˈwɑː/ , /ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː/ , /ˈbʊəʒ.wɑː/ , /ˈbʊɹʒ.wɑː/ , /ˈbʊʒ.wɑː/
  • Of or relating to the middle class (often, pejorative) , and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
 buirgéiseach
  • (Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually, _, pejorative) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
 buirgéiseach, meánaicmeach

bourgeois noun

  /bʊɹʒˈwɑː/ , /bʊʒˈwɑː/ , /ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː/ , /ˈbʊəʒ.wɑː/ , /ˈbʊɹʒ.wɑː/ , /ˈbʊʒ.wɑː/
  • (history) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
 buirgéiseach
  • (political, collectively, usually, in the plural) The middle class.
 meánaicme
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