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Bourgeois

Part of Speech:

Noun, Adjective

Sense 1 (Noun):

A person belonging to the middle class, typically with materialistic values and conventional attitudes.

Example Sentence: The bourgeois owned large houses in the suburbs.

Sense 2 (Noun):

In Marxist theory, the capitalist class who own most of society's wealth and means of production.

Example Sentence: The proletariat fought against the bourgeoisie for fair distribution of wealth.

Sense 3 (Adjective):

Relating to the conventional middle class.

Example Sentence: They preferred a bourgeois lifestyle, with a white picket fence and a two-car garage.