bourgeoisie

noun

Definition of bourgeoisienext
as in proletariat

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Recent Examples of bourgeoisie Scheidt’s family were members of the German-Jewish bourgeoisie (a distant cousin, Albert Ballin, was general director of what became the world’s largest steamship line). — Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026 The economic cost of the war is now palpable – with cell-phone data outages that regularly blight major cities angering even the pro-Putin bourgeoisie – adding to a sense of the war beginning to hit the urban elite, who until now were mostly isolated from the invasion’s impact. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 4 May 2026 The book told of Miss Peterson’s search for her own ancestry and detailed her discovery of the prosperous, Black bourgeoisie, based largely in Brooklyn, that had played a principal role in the New York of the late nineteenth century. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 12 May 2026 Simone Bellotti’s Jil Sander introduces precision tailoring with pops of emotion and color, while Celine under Michael Rider leans into bourgeoisie dressing with clashes of primary colors and razor sharp lines that is extremely persuasive. — Alex Badia, Footwear News, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bourgeoisie
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  1. proletariat
  2. middle class
  3. working class
Noun
  • All that loot pumped out of the Armenian proletariat, says the gaur, and for what.
    — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Severin, on the other hand, represents the revolutionary proletariat.
    — JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Definition of proletariat
Noun
  • The American Century has been inherited by the Asian middle class.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • Platner has staked out a populist message and centered his campaign on the middle class.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Definition of middle class
Noun
  • Sade’s debut is a pristine work of professional studio craft just like all their subsequent releases, but Diamond Life was made by a working class band that had spent years gigging in the clubs of London.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 30 June 2026
  • This is about working class voters, working class, working class.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 June 2026
Definition of working class

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