bourgeois — meaning in English

English meaning

• bourgeois adj Relating to the middle class, often used to criticise conventional, materialistic, or overly comfortable values.
• snobbish adjective Behaving like a snob; arrogantly looking down on people seen as less refined.

Senses

bourgeois is used for these senses in English:

• bourgeois (Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually, _, pejorative) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
• bourgeois (printing, dated) A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.
• bourgeois (history) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
• snobbish Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.

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.

Related German words