Bourgeois

//ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː//

Synonyms for "bourgeois" (169 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Strong matches (51)

Adjective(2 words)
conservativematerialistic
Adjective(1 words)
domestic
Noun(2 words)
galliardmainstreamer

Related words (84)

Noun(3 words)
mugglenormalfagnormie

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More general

3 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

8 entries

derived

15 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

6 entries

is a

1 entries

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30 entries

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similar

5 entries

Translations

187 translations across 39 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • بُرْجُوَازِيّ adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • بُرْجُوَازِيّ adj (conventional, conservative and materialistic)
  • بُرْجُوَازِيّ adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • بُرْجُوَازِيَّة noun (the middle class)

Armenian

4 entries
  • բուրժուական adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • բուրժուական adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • բուրժուա noun (individual member of the middle class)
  • բուրժուազիա noun (the middle class)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • burjua noun (individual member of the middle class)

Basque

2 entries
  • burges adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • burges noun (the middle class)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • буржуа́зны adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • буржуа́зны adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • буржу́й noun (individual member of the middle class)
  • буржуа́ noun (individual member of the middle class)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • буржоа́зен adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • буржоа́зен adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • буржоа́ noun (individual member of the middle class)
  • буржоа́зия noun (the middle class)

Catalan

3 entries
  • burgès adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • burgès adj (conventional, conservative and materialistic)
  • burgès adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 有產階級 /有产阶级 adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • 中產階級 /中产阶级 noun (the middle class)
  • 小五 noun (9-point type)
  • 資產階級 /资产阶级 noun (member of the Third Estate)

Czech

4 entries
  • buržoazní adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • buržoazní adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • buržoa noun (exploitive capitalist)
  • buržoazie noun (the middle class)

Danish

3 entries
  • borgerlig adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • borgerlig adj (conventional, conservative and materialistic)
  • burgøjser noun (exploitive capitalist)

Dutch

4 entries
  • burgerlijk adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • borgis noun (9-point type)
  • bourgeois noun (9-point type)
  • burgeois noun (9-point type)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • burĝaro noun (the middle class)
  • burĝo noun (individual member of the middle class)

Finnish

4 entries
  • keskiluokkainen adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • keskiluokkainen adj (conventional, conservative and materialistic)
  • poroporvarillinen adj (conventional, conservative and materialistic)
  • porvarillinen adj (of or relating to the middle class)

French

4 entries
  • bourgeois adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • bourgeois adj (conventional, conservative and materialistic)
  • bourgeois noun (individual member of the middle class)
  • bourgeoise noun (individual member of the middle class)

German

4 entries
  • bourgeois adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • bürgerlich adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • spießbürgerlich adj (conventional, conservative and materialistic)
  • spießig adj (conventional, conservative and materialistic)

Greek

4 entries
  • αστικός adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • αστικός adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • μπουρζουάδικος adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • αστή noun (exploitive capitalist)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • בּוּרגָנִי adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • בּוּרגָנִי adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • burzsoá adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • középosztálybeli adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • nyárspolgári adj (conventional, conservative and materialistic)
  • nyárspolgárias adj (conventional, conservative and materialistic)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • borjuis adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • kelas menengah adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • orang borjuis adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • borjuis noun (the middle class)

Irish

4 entries
  • buirgéiseach adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • buirgéiseach adj (conventional, conservative and materialistic)
  • buirgéiseach adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • meánaicmeach adj (of or relating to the middle class)

Italian

3 entries
  • borghese adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • borghese noun (individual member of the middle class)
  • gagliarda noun (9-point type)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • burgis adj (of or relating to the middle class)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • буржуазиялық adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • буржуазиялық adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • буржоа́ски adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • буржоа́ски adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • буржоазија noun (the middle class)
  • буржуј noun (individual member of the middle class)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • borgerlig adj (of or relating to the middle class)

Persian

2 entries
  • بورژوایی adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • بورژوا noun (individual member of the middle class)

Polish

4 entries
  • burżuazyjny adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • burżuazyjny adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • burżuazja noun (the middle class)
  • burżuj noun (individual member of the middle class)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • burguês adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • burguês adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • burguesa noun (individual member of the middle class)
  • burguês noun (individual member of the middle class)

Romanian

3 entries
  • burghez adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • burjui adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • burghez noun (individual member of the middle class)

Russian

4 entries
  • буржуа́зный adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • буржуа́зный adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • обыва́тельский adj (conventional, conservative and materialistic)
  • буржу́й noun (individual member of the middle class)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • buržoaski adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • buržoaski adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • buržujski adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • buržujski adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)

Slovak

4 entries
  • buržoázny adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • buržoázny adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • buržoázia noun (the middle class)
  • buržuj noun (individual member of the middle class)

Slovene

4 entries
  • buržoazen adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • buržoazen adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • buržoazija noun (the middle class)
  • buržuj noun (individual member of the middle class)

Spanish

4 entries
  • aburguesado adj (conventional, conservative and materialistic)
  • burgués adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • burgués adj (conventional, conservative and materialistic)
  • breviario noun (9-point type)

Swedish

2 entries
  • borgerlig adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • borgerlig adj (conventional, conservative and materialistic)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • arianin adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • burgis adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • burgis noun (the middle class)
  • burgis noun (individual member of the middle class)

Turkish

3 entries
  • burjuva noun (individual member of the middle class)
  • burjuva noun (person with bourgeois values)
  • kentsoylu noun (person with bourgeois values)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • буржуа́зний adj (of or relating to the middle class)
  • буржуа́зний adj (of or relating to capitalist exploitation)
  • буржу́й noun (individual member of the middle class)
  • буржуа́ noun (individual member of the middle class)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • burjua noun (individual member of the middle class)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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The term "bourgeois" can be used as an insult by both the lower and the upper classes.

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Now that idealistic obscurantism has become a major "theoretical" means for the warmongers, Lenin's critique of the bourgeois philosophy of the early twentieth century has acquired particular relevance.

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She comes from a bourgeois background.

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The theatrical world of Shakespeare is just as infinitely varied as he believed reality to be; he excluded nothing whatsoever that occurred in human nature and bourgeois society.

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