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bourgeois definition
bourgeois |
Grep of noun bourgeois bourgeois bourgeoisie petit bourgeois Overview of noun bourgeois The noun bourgeois has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. businessperson, bourgeois -- (engages in industrial commercial enterprise) 2. bourgeois, burgher -- (a member of the middle class) Overview of adj bourgeois The adj bourgeois has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bourgeois -- ((according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class) 2. bourgeois, conservative, materialistic -- (conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality") 3. bourgeois -- (belonging to the middle class) Antonyms of adj bourgeois 3 senses of bourgeois Sense 1 bourgeois INDIRECT (VIA capitalistic) -> socialistic, socialist Sense 2 bourgeois, conservative, materialistic INDIRECT (VIA lower-class, middle-class) -> upper-class INDIRECT (VIA middle-class, upper-class) -> lower-class, low-class Sense 3 bourgeois INDIRECT (VIA lower-class, middle-class) -> upper-class INDIRECT (VIA middle-class, upper-class) -> lower-class, low-class Similarity of adj bourgeois 3 senses of bourgeois Sense 1 bourgeois => capitalistic (vs. socialistic), capitalist Sense 2 bourgeois, conservative, materialistic => middle-class (vs. upper-class) (vs. lower-class) Sense 3 bourgeois => middle-class (vs. upper-class) (vs. lower-class) Attributes of adj bourgeois Familiarity of adj bourgeois bourgeois used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj bourgeois bourgeois Overview of noun bourgeois The noun bourgeois has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. businessperson, bourgeois -- (engages in industrial commercial enterprise) 2. bourgeois, burgher -- (a member of the middle class) Overview of adj bourgeois The adj bourgeois has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bourgeois -- ((according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class) 2. bourgeois, conservative, materialistic -- (conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality") 3. bourgeois -- (belonging to the middle class)
bourgeois definition