bourgeois

adj

1. Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.

   “bourgeois opinion”

   “It's impossible to tell the story of flamenco without talking about Lorca, who found in it a source of inspiration in a lifelong political-cultural-sexual struggle against bourgeois philistinism.”

   “The increasing social interactions between the two nations through religion, court and commerce would expose differences in speech too and would soon deepen bourgeois Scots’ deteriorating perception of their own tongue.”

2. (historical)Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
3. (Marxism)Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually derogatory) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.

noun

1. (collective, plural-normally, uncountable, usually)The middle class.
2. (rare, uncountable, usually)An individual member of the middle class.
3. (derogatory, uncountable, usually)A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
4. (uncountable, usually)An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
5. (Marxism, uncountable, usually)A capitalist, (usually derogatory) an exploiter of the proletariat.

   “Der Bourgeois sieht in seiner Frau ein bloßes Produktionsinstrument. Er hört, daß die Produktionsinstrumente gemeinschaftlich ausgebeutet werden sollen, und kann sich natürlich nichts anderes denken, als daß das Los der Gemeinschaftlichkeit die Weiber gleichfalls treffen wird.”

   “Нет ничего характернее для буржуа, как перенесение черт современных порядков на все времена и народы.”

6. (dated, uncountable)A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.

verb

1. (transitive)To make bourgeois.

name

1. A surname from French.