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Antonyms for bourgeoisie


Grammar : Noun
Spell : boo r-zhwah-zee; French boor-zhwa-zee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌbʊər ʒwɑˈzi; French bur ʒwaˈzi



Definition of bourgeoisie

Origin :
  • 1707, "body of freemen in a French town; the French middle class," from French bourgeois, from Old French burgeis, borjois (12c.) "town dweller" (as distinct from "peasant"), from borc "town, village," from Frankish *burg "city" (see borough). Communist use for "the capitalist class generally" attested from 1886.
  • As in proletariat : noun working class
  • As in commoner : noun plebeian
  • As in Middle America : noun general populice
  • As in middle class : noun common people
  • As in third estate : noun common man
  • As in class : noun societal group, background
  • As in pleb : noun commonalty
  • As in ruck : noun commonalty
  • As in third estate : noun commonalty
Example sentences :
  • Despairing of the noblesse he went among the bourgeoisie with that hope.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Everything is settled between the clergy, the nobility, and the bourgeoisie.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • He alone will force the bourgeoisie to their knees and establish the rule of the people.
  • Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • He used to say that the bourgeoisie, the smug, overfed lot, had killed them.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
  • We answered the distress call of the Cadets and the bourgeoisie!
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
  • For the bourgeoisie in Bavaria dislike Prussia as much as the communists dislike her.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • Like the bourgeoisie, he was dressed in black, that is to say, in mourning.
  • Extract from : « Napoleon the Little » by Victor Hugo
  • It was not long before the stiff veneer of bourgeoisie which bored me had worn off.
  • Extract from : « New Italian sketches » by John Addington Symonds
  • In England it is the bourgeoisie who rule the country and stand in the light of Labour.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Paw » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • The Turbots were never so closely connected with the bourgeoisie.
  • Extract from : « When Winter Comes to Main Street » by Grant Martin Overton

Synonyms for bourgeoisie

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