ALL meanings of bourgeois
bour·geois
B b - adjective bourgeois If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle-class people. 3
- adjective bourgeois Marxists use bourgeois when referring to the capitalist system and to the social class that owns most of the wealth in that system. 3
- noun bourgeois a member of the middle class, esp one regarded as being conservative and materialistic or (in Marxist thought) a capitalist exploiting the working class 3
- noun bourgeois a mediocre, unimaginative, or materialistic person 3
- adjective bourgeois characteristic of, relating to, or comprising the middle class 3
- adjective bourgeois conservative or materialistic in outlook 3
- adjective bourgeois (in Marxist thought) dominated by capitalists or capitalist interests 3
- noun bourgeois (formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 9 point 3
- noun bourgeois Léon Victor Auguste (leɔ̃ viktɔr oɡyst). 1851–1925, French statesman; first chairman of the League of Nations: Nobel peace prize 1920 3
- noun bourgeois a freeman of a medieval town 3
- noun bourgeois a self-employed person, as a shopkeeper or businessman 3
- noun bourgeois a member of the bourgeoisie, or middle class 3
- noun bourgeois a person whose beliefs, attitudes, and practices are conventionally middle-class 3
- adjective bourgeois of or characteristic of a bourgeois or the bourgeoisie; middle-class; also used variously to mean conventional, smug, materialistic, etc. 3
- noun plural bourgeois a member of the middle class. 1
- noun plural bourgeois a person whose political, economic, and social opinions are believed to be determined mainly by concern for property values and conventional respectability. 1
- noun plural bourgeois a shopkeeper or merchant. 1
- adjective bourgeois belonging to, characteristic of, or consisting of the middle class. 1
- adjective bourgeois conventional; middle-class. 1
- adjective bourgeois dominated or characterized by materialistic pursuits or concerns. 1
- noun bourgeois Léon Victor Auguste [ley-awn veek-tawr oh-gyst] /leɪˈɔ̃ vikˈtɔr oʊˈgyst/ (Show IPA), 1851–1925, French statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1920. 1
- noun bourgeois Louise, 1911–2010, U.S. sculptor, born in France. 1
- adjective bourgeois person: middle class 1
- noun bourgeois middle-class, conventional person 1
- noun bourgeois (politics, collectively, usually plural) The middle class. 0
- noun bourgeois (rare) An individual member of the middle class. 0
- noun bourgeois (usually pejorative) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes. 0
- noun bourgeois (historical) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime. 0
- noun bourgeois (Marxism) A capitalist, (usually pejorative) an exploiter of the proletariat. 0
- noun bourgeois (printing, dated) A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point. 0
- verb bourgeois (Transitive Verb) To make bourgeois. 0
- adjective bourgeois Of or relating to the middle class, (chiefly pejorative) their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values. 0
- adjective bourgeois (historical) Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime. 0
- adjective bourgeois (Marxism) Of or relating to the upper class, (usually pejorative) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat. 0