All 7 Uses
bourgeois
in
The God of Small Things
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- Spoken like a true bourgeoise.†
Chpt 2bourgeoise = a female member of the middle class OR (in Marxist theory) a female member of the property-owning class
- Ammu smiled and they shook hands, as though she really was being awarded a Certificate of Merit for being an honest-to-goodness Genuine Bourgeoise.†
Chpt 2
- Structurally—this somewhat rudimentary argument went—Marxism was a simple substitute for Christianity, Replace God with Marx, Satan with the bourgeoisie, Heaven with a classless society, the Church with the Party, and the form and purpose of the journey remained similar.†
Chpt 2bourgeoisie = a member of the middle class OR (in Marxist theory) a member of the property-owing class
- The Naxalite movement spread across the country and struck terror in every bourgeois heart.†
Chpt 2 *bourgeois = typical of the middle class or their values and habits
- A pawn in the monstrous bourgeois plot to subvert the revolution.†
Chpt 4
- It occurred to Comrade Pillai that this generation was perhaps paying for its forefathers' bourgeois decadence.†
Chpt 5
- The Christian bourgeoisie had begun to self-destruct.†
Chpt 5bourgeoisie = a member of the middle class OR (in Marxist theory) a member of the property-owing class
Definitions:
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(1)
(bourgeois) typical of the middle class or their values and habits - typically used disapprovingly
or (in Marxist theory):
typical of the property-owning classBourgeois is often used to refer to the values of the upper middle class. You may also see the term petit bourgeois to describe very small business owners.
Note that bourgeois, bourgeoisie, and bourgeoise are often interchanged.
Bourgeois is most common and can be used as an adjective or a noun. Bourgeoisie is typically used only as a noun, and bourgeoise is occasionally used as an alternate spelling of bourgeois. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)