bourgeois


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bourgeois /ˈbʊəʒwɑː/ (also bourgeoise /ˈbʊəʒwɑːz/)
adjective of or characteristic of the middle class, especially in having materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

■ (in Marxist contexts) capitalist.

noun (pl. same) a bourgeois person.
– origin C16: from Fr., from late L. burgus ‘castle’ (in med. L. ‘fortified town’), ult. of Gmc origin and rel. to borough; cf. burgess.
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