bourgeoisie

The bourgeoisie is defined as the middle class, typically used with reference to feelings of materialism when describing the middle class.

(noun)

An example of the bourgeoisie is the middle class who like to buy big houses and cars.

See bourgeoisie in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. the social class between the aristocracy or very wealthy and the working class, or proletariat; middle class
2. in Marxist doctrine, capitalists as a social class antithetical to the proletariat
bourgeois

Origin: Fr < bourgeois: see bourgeois

See bourgeoisie in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The middle class.
In Marxist theory, the social group opposed to the proletariat in the class struggle.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from bourgeois, bourgeois; see bourgeois

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