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αστικός — meaning in English

astikos

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English meaning

  • bourgeois adj Relating to the middle class, often used to criticise conventional, materialistic, or overly comfortable values.
  • urban adj Relating to, or located in, a city or town, as opposed to the countryside.

Senses

αστικός is used for these senses in English:

  • bourgeois (Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually, _, pejorative) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
  • urban Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place, especially when contrasted with the countryside.

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.

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