bourgeois

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: businesspersonburgherconservativematerialistic

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterpriseSynonyms: businessperson
  2. a member of the middle classSynonyms: burgher

Adjective (3)

  1. (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
  2. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class“a bourgeois mentality”Synonyms: conservativematerialistic
  3. belonging to the middle class
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Bourgeois \Bour*geois"\, n. [From a French type founder named Bourgeois, or fr. F. bourgeois of the middle class; hence applied to an intermediate size of type between brevier and long primer: cf. G. bourgeois, borgis. Cf. Burgess.] (Print.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type. [1913 Webster]
Bourgeois \Bour*geois"\, n. [F., fr. bourg town; of German origin. See Burgess.] A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. [France.] [1913 Webster] a. Characteristic of the middle class, as in France. [1913 Webster]
capitalistic \capitalistic\ adj.

1.Of or relating to capitalism or capitalists. capitalistic methods and incentives

Syn: capitalist. [WordNet 1.5]

2.Favoring or practicing capitalism. [Narrower terms: bourgeois] socialistic

Syn: capitalist. [WordNet 1.5]

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