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bürgerlich — 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.
  • civic adj Relating to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil in nature.
  • civil adj Relating to ordinary citizens and government, as opposed to the military or religion.

Senses

bürgerlich is used for these senses in English:

  • anal-retentive (psychology, Freudian) Preoccupied with achieving perfection, order and control and with collecting, possessing, and retaining objects.
  • bourgeois (Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually, _, pejorative) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
  • civic Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
  • civil (uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.

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.

civic — full definition

  1. adj Relating to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil in nature.
  2. adj Relating to good citizenship and the responsibilities that come with it.
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