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porvarillinen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bourgeois adj Relating to the middle class, often used to criticise conventional, materialistic, or overly comfortable values.
  • capitalist noun A person who owns or invests significant wealth in businesses to earn a profit.

Senses

porvarillinen is used for these senses in English:

  • bourgeois (Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually, _, pejorative) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
  • capitalist Supporting or endorsing capitalism.

bourgeois — full definition

  1. adj Relating to the middle class, often used to criticise conventional, materialistic, or overly comfortable values.
  2. noun A member of the middle or property-owning class.

capitalist — full definition

  1. noun A person who owns or invests significant wealth in businesses to earn a profit.
  2. adj Relating to or supporting capitalism.

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