Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

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Proper Noun

The word "bourgeois" can be used as noun, adjective, adjective, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

antibourgeois bobo bougie bourgeoisification bourgeoisify bourgeoisly bourgeoisness bourgie de-bourgeoisify double bourgeois narcobourgeois nonbourgeois postbourgeois semibourgeois unbourgeois

Etymologically Related To

burgess

Context

historical history marxism pejorative political printing

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

capitalist common person commoner

Type Of (IsA)

commoner

Related Terms

bourgeoise bourgeoisie embourgeoisement petit bourgeois petit-bourgeois petty bourgeois petty-bourgeois épater le bourgeois

Related Terms

ancien regime any attitude bourgeoise bourgeoisie brevier capitalist class conservative conventional embourgeoisement exploitation exploiter french individual long primer materialistic member middle class over person point presume proletariat relating size standardize third estate type value

Similar Terms

capitalist capitalistic capitalistic middle class middle-class

Synonym Network

businessperson galliard materialistic square

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