/ ˈbʊəʒwɑː; ˌbʊəˈʒwɑː; NAmE ˌbʊrˈʒ-; ˈbʊrʒ-/ adjective
1.
belonging to the middle class :
a traditional bourgeois family
—see also petit bourgeois
2.
( disapproving ) interested mainly in possessions and social status and supporting traditional values :
bourgeois attitudes / tastes
They've become very bourgeois since they got married.
3.
( politics ) supporting the interests of capitalism :
bourgeois ideology
► bour·geois noun ( pl. bour·geois )
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: from French , from late Latin burgus castle (in medieval Latin fortified town), ultimately of Germanic origin and related to borough .