Bourgeoisie Definition

bo͝orzhwä-zē
noun
The social class between the aristocracy or very wealthy and the working class, or proletariat; middle class.
Webster's New World
In Marxist doctrine, capitalists as a social class antithetical to the proletariat.
Webster's New World
A class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate.
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Origin of Bourgeoisie

  • Borrowing from French bourgeoisie, from bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from bourgeois, “burghers”, i.e., inhabitants of towns.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from bourgeois bourgeois bourgeois

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Bourgeoisie Sentence Examples

  • Of the two parties who joined in it Retz could only depend on the bourgeoisie of Paris.

  • The bourgeoisie sought the support of the clergy, and irreligion became as unfashionable among them as it had been among the nobility after 1793.

  • Many of its members were sons of the bourgeoisie, men who having been educated at college, thanks to some charitablt, agency, in the pride of learning, and raised above their original station, were ready for anything but had achieved nothing They bad plenty of talent at c0mmand, were full of classical tirades against tyranny, and, though sensitive enough in their private life, were bloodthirsty butchers in their public relations.

  • The only way to put an end to war is to overthrow the bourgeoisie.

  • The old municipal patriciate, which used to form the connecting link between the bourgeoisie and the nobility, had disappeared, and a feeling of common civic fellowship had taken its place.

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