huh??? doesn't bourgeois simply refer to the middle class? or in some cases, the property-owning class?
Bourgeois used to refer to Middle class a few hundred years ago. Over time, the term has evolved mah
Depends on who is using this word:
Some people use it as a pejorative (negative word)
In the rhetoric of some Communist parties, "bourgeois" is sometimes used as a pejorative, and those who are perceived to collaborate with the bourgeoisie are called its lackeys. Socialists, especially Marxists, have multiple uses for the term: the original meaning, the social class of capitalists, and the pejorative. Something or someone is described as bourgeois it generally lacks authenticity, is superficial, and/or is counterrevolutionary.
In the United States—outside of Marxism and anarchism[—the word bourgeois often refers to the social stereotype of the middle classes. It is associated with consumerist lifestyles often emphasising conspicuous consumption and material status.
Main Entry: bour·geois
Pronunciation: \ˈbu̇rzh-ˌwä also ˈbu̇zh- or ˈbüzh- or bu̇rzh-ˈ\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle French, from Old French burgeis townsman, from burc, borg town, from Latin burgus
Date: circa 1565
1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the townsman or of the social middle class
2 : marked by a concern for material interests and respectability and a tendency toward mediocrity
3 : dominated by commercial and industrial interests : capitalistic
— bour·geois·ifi·ca·tion \ˌbu̇(r)zh-ˌwä-zə-fə-ˈkā-shən\ noun
— bour·geois·ify \bu̇(r)zh-ˈwä-zə-ˌfī\ verb
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