as in poor
belonging to the class of people of middle social or economic rank
The neighborhood was occupied primarily by bourgeois families.
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Stay Here: In Bilbao’s bourgeois enclave of Neguri, Palacio Arriluce is a palace-turned-49-room hotel where Queen Anne and neo-Gothic flourishes evoke the charm of a grand English manor — complete with a croquet lawn overlooking the Biscayan coast.
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Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 28 May 2025
The film follows a single mother and her teenage son in a bourgeois house near the port of Beirut.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 May 2025
Sordi stars as Fabio, a bank clerk who has an utterly complacent attitude about the bourgeois comforts of his life.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 May 2025
The Rue Jacob is decorated in ugly bourgeois tones of: beige and brown, nineteenth-century paintings, Louis-Philippe furniture.
—Constance Debré, Harpers Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
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Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 28 May 2025
The film follows a single mother and her teenage son in a bourgeois house near the port of Beirut.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 May 2025
Sordi stars as Fabio, a bank clerk who has an utterly complacent attitude about the bourgeois comforts of his life.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 May 2025
The Rue Jacob is decorated in ugly bourgeois tones of: beige and brown, nineteenth-century paintings, Louis-Philippe furniture.
—Constance Debré, Harpers Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bourgeois
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bourgeois
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The poll also found that 51% of respondents perceive the current state of the economy as poor, and 61% express a lack of confidence that the economy will improve next year.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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Low User Adoption Due To Poor Onboarding The primary hurdle is often low user adoption due to poor onboarding and a steep learning curve.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Getty Images for IMDb Director Alex Winter’s Adulthood might be about the secrets and struggles of America's middle-class, but there's something very British about the darkly comedic romp.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The film’s exploration of middle-class desperation and automation couldn’t be more timely.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Bourgeois.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bourgeois. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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