EMBOURGEOISEMENT


Meaning of EMBOURGEOISEMENT in English

/em boor"zhwahz meuhnt, -mahnt', ahm-/ ; Fr. /ahonn boohrdd zhwannz mahonn"/ , n.

the acquisition or adoption of middle-class values and manners.

[ s'embourgeois ( er ) to become bourgeois (see EM- 1 , BOURGEOIS 1 ) + -ment -MENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .