What is the meaning of bourgeois?

noun

  • A capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise.
  • A member of the middle class.

adjective

  • According to Marxist thought. ( being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class)
  • Conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class.
    • usage: "a bourgeois mentality"
  • Belonging to the middle class. .
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