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обыва́тельница — meaning in English

obyvatelnitsa

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English meaning

  • bourgeois adj Relating to the middle class, often used to criticise conventional, materialistic, or overly comfortable values.
  • philistine noun A person seen as indifferent or hostile to art, literature, and culture, and who has conventional or unrefined tastes.

Senses

обыва́тельница is used for these senses in English:

  • bourgeois (usually, pejorative) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
  • philistine (derogatory) A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.

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.

philistine — full definition

  1. noun A person seen as indifferent or hostile to art, literature, and culture, and who has conventional or unrefined tastes.
  2. adjective Showing no interest in or appreciation of art and culture.

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