De-bourgeoisify

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the bourgeois characteristics or qualities from (someone or something)

    "To this extent, Artaud's work may be viewed as an attempt to de-bourgeoisify the early twentieth-century theatre: to render it less cerebral, less literary, less refined, less circumscribed, more visceral."

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"To this extent, Artaud's work may be viewed as an attempt to de-bourgeoisify the early twentieth-century theatre: to render it less cerebral, less literary, less refined, less circumscribed, more visceral."

Etymology

From de- + bourgeoisify.

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