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bourgeoisie

US

/ˌbʊrʒwɑːˈziː/

UK

/ˌbʊəʒwɑːˈziː/

Meaning

The social class of people who own businesses or property, or enjoy a comfortable middle-class position.

व्यापार या संपत्ति के मालिकों का सामाजिक वर्ग, या आरामदायक मध्यमवर्गीय जीवन जीने वाले लोग।

Examples

“The bourgeoisie supported policies that protected private property.”

social classpolitics

“The novel contrasts the bourgeoisie with workers who struggle to make ends meet.”

social classliterature

“Her parents called his bourgeois tastes comfortable but rather conventional.”

word-family adjectivepersonal tastes

Useful patterns

the bourgeoisiemembers of the bourgeoisiebelong to the bourgeoisiethe bourgeoisie and the working class

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Word family

bourgeois(adjective)

Common collocations

the urban bourgeoisiethe rising bourgeoisiethe French bourgeoisiemembers of the bourgeoisiethe bourgeoisie and the proletariatthe bourgeoisie and the working class

Common mistakes

Not natural: She belongs to a bourgeoisie.

Better: She belongs to the bourgeoisie.

Bourgeoisie usually names a social class as a whole, so it normally takes the, not a.

Bourgeoisie आम तौर पर पूरे सामाजिक वर्ग का नाम है, इसलिए इसके साथ a नहीं, the आता है।

Not natural: He is bourgeoisie.

Better: He is bourgeois. / He belongs to the bourgeoisie.

Bourgeoisie is a noun for the class; bourgeois is the adjective used to describe a person.

Bourgeoisie वर्ग के लिए संज्ञा है; किसी व्यक्ति का वर्णन करने के लिए विशेषण bourgeois इस्तेमाल होता है।

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Synonyms

Words with similar meaning

middle classupper middle classpropertied classcapitalist classbusiness-owning class
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Antonyms

Words with contrasting meaning

working classproletariatworking people

Learner tip

Use bourgeoisie for the social class as a whole; use bourgeois as an adjective, as in bourgeois tastes.

पूरे सामाजिक वर्ग के लिए bourgeoisie कहें; विशेषण के रूप में bourgeois इस्तेमाल करें, जैसे bourgeois tastes।

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Which group does bourgeoisie usually refer to?

Bourgeoisie आम तौर पर किस वर्ग के लोगों के लिए इस्तेमाल होता है?