BOURGEOISIE


Meaning of BOURGEOISIE in English

[ ˌbʊəʒwα:'zi: ]

■ noun [treated as sing. or plural ] the middle class.

↘(in Marxist contexts) the capitalist class.

Origin

C18: Fr., from bourgeois .

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