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No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges.
Buenaventura Durruti

Meaning of "bourgeoisie" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BOURGEOISIE

bourgeoisie  [ˌbʊəʒwɑːˈziː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOURGEOISIE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bourgeoisie is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOURGEOISIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bourgeoisie

Bourgeoisie

Bourgeoisie is a word from the French language, used in the fields of political economy, political philosophy, sociology, and history, which originally denoted the wealthy stratum of the middle class that originated during the latter part of the Middle Ages. The utilization and specific application of the word is from the realm of the social sciences. In sociology and in political science, the noun "bourgeoisie" and the adjective "bourgeois" are terms that describe a historical range of socio-economic classes. As such, in the Western world, since the late 18th century, "the bourgeoisie" describes a social class "characterized by their ownership of capital, and their related culture"; hence, the personal terms "bourgeois" and "bourgeoise" culturally identify the man or woman who is a member of the wealthiest social class of a given society, and their materialistic worldview. In Marxist philosophy, the term bourgeoisie denotes the social class who owns the means of production and whose societal concerns are the value of property and the preservation of capital, in order to ensure the perpetuation of their economic supremacy in society.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOURGEOISIE


advisee
ˌædvaɪˈziː
appraisee
əˌpreɪˈziː
booboisie
ˌbuːbwɑːˈziː
chimpanzee
ˌtʃɪmpænˈziː
devisee
dɪvaɪˈziː
disseisee
ˌdɪssiːˈziː
disseizee
ˌdɪssiːˈziː
franchisee
ˌfræntʃaɪˈziː
fusee
fjuːˈziː
fuzee
fjuːˈziː
recognisee
rɪˌkɒɡnɪˈziː
recognizee
rɪˌkɒɡnɪˈziː
supervisee
ˌsuːpəvaɪˈziː
Zhuangzi
ˈʒwæŋˈziː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOURGEOISIE

bourbon
Bourbon biscuit
Bourbonism
bourd
bourder
bourdon
Bourdon gauge
bourg
bourgeois
bourgeoise
bourgeoisify
bourgeon
Bourges
Bourgogne
Bourguiba
bourguignon
bourguignonne
Bourke-White
bourn
bourne

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOURGEOISIE

Aussie
Basie
brassie
Chrissie
cramoisie
crusie
Dalhousie
footsie
jalousie
jessie
kleinhuisie
lassie
malvoisie
Nessie
onesie
Ossie
petite bourgeoisie
petty bourgeoisie
the bourgeoisie
tootsie

Synonyms and antonyms of bourgeoisie in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bourgeoisie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOURGEOISIE

Find out the translation of bourgeoisie to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bourgeoisie from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bourgeoisie» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

资产阶级
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

burguesía
570 millions of speakers

English

bourgeoisie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पूंजीपति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البرجوازية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

буржуазия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

burguesia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মধ্যবিত্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bourgeoisie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Borjuasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bourgeoisie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブルジョアジー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부르주아지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bourgeoisie
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chử lớn cở tám
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முதலாளித்துவத்தின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बुर्जुआ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

burjuvazi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

borghesia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

burżuazja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

буржуазія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

burghezie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αστική τάξη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bourgeoisie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bourgeoisin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

borgerskapet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bourgeoisie

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOURGEOISIE»

The term «bourgeoisie» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.129 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOURGEOISIE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bourgeoisie

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8 QUOTES WITH «BOURGEOISIE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bourgeoisie.
1
Louise Bogan
The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he must soon insert himself into it, in order to exist. He is the fine nervous flower of the bourgeoisie.
2
Buenaventura Durruti
No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges.
3
Buenaventura Durruti
The bourgeoisie might blast and ruin its own world before it leaves the stage of history.
4
Niall Ferguson
Something that's seldom appreciated about me is that I am in sympathy with a great deal of what Marx wrote, except that I'm on the side of the bourgeoisie.
5
George Grosz
The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, 'culture.'
6
Noreena Hertz
Rather than empowering all, consumer and shareholder activism gives greatest voice to those with the most money in their pockets, those who can switch from seller to seller with relative ease. Consumer and shareholder activism is a form of protest that favours the middle classes, an outpouring of the dissatisfaction of the bourgeoisie.
7
Erland Josephson
I am of the international upper class, the Swedish petit bourgeoisie of Jewish extraction with poor language skills, a conveyor of a few expressions and faces, with some intonation that combines ancient human experience with timely coquetry.
8
Vladimir Lenin
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOURGEOISIE»

Discover the use of bourgeoisie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bourgeoisie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Black Bourgeoisie
A classic analysis of the Black middle class studies its origin and development, accentuating its behavior, attitudes, and values during the 1940s and 1950s
Franklin Frazier, 1957
2
The Petite Bourgeoisie in Europe 1780-1914: Enterprise, ...
Crossick and Haupt provide a major overview of the social, economic, cultural and political development of the petite bourgeoisie in modern Europe, a group until now largely neglected by European social historians.
Geoffrey Crossick, Heinz-Gerhard Haupt, 2013
3
Fashioning the Bourgeoisie: A History of Clothing in the ...
Richly detailed, entertaining, and provocative, this book reveals to us the sources of many of our contemporary rules of fashion and etiquette.
Philippe Perrot, 1994
4
Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
A study of Luis Buñuel's Oscar-winning masterpiece The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.
Marsha Kinder, 1999
5
E. Franklin Frazier and Black Bourgeoisie
The book met with mixed reviews and harsh criticism from the black middle and professional class.
James E. Teele, 2002
6
The Myth of the French Bourgeoisie: an essay on the social ...
I hope that readers will approach the book taking note of the word “essay” in its title: what follows is emphatically meant to be suggestive rather than definitive, intended to move the question of the bourgeoisie forward by provoking in the best of ...
Sarah C MAZA, Sarah C Maza, 2009
7
Bourgeoisie, State and Democracy : Russia, Britain, France, ...
This book brings these questions together by exploring the role played by the bourgeoisie in shaping political outcomes in five countries: contemporary Russia, and industrial revolution Britain, France, Germany and the USA.
Graeme Gill, 2008
8
Italy and the Bourgeoisie: The Re-thinking of a Class
This collection examines what is "essentially Italian" in the development of the bourgeoisie, starting with the role of the individual in post-unification Italy.
Stefania Lucamante, 2009
9
The Formation of the Parisian Bourgeoisie, 1690-1830
This book focuses on the family organization and the political role of the Paris commercial middle classes, using as a case study the Faubourg St. Marcel and particularly the parish of St. Médard.
David Garrioch, 1996
10
Cronies Or Capitalists?: The Russian Bourgeoisie and the ...
Or was it because Russian states (Tsarist, republican and Soviet) were just too strong? This book is a political history of the Russian capitalist class from 1850 to 1917 that seeks to answer these questions.
David Lockwood, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOURGEOISIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bourgeoisie is used in the context of the following news items.
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SACP appears more radical
The party blasted the “1996 class project”, saying there was a persistent threat of the growth of a “parasitic” and “compradorial” bourgeoisie. «The Citizen, Jul 15»
2
Making their mark: 35 Women Under 35 2015
It's unfortunate but I think Mike Coupe has a near-impossible task getting what used to be the UK bourgeoisie's favourite grocer off the back foot ... «Management Today, Jul 15»
3
Explaining Yanis Varoufakis, Greece's Anti-Austerity 'Rock Star'
But it had been granted a modicum of home rule, and what we used to call the "comprador bourgeoisie"—the pliant agents of the ... «VICE, Jul 15»
4
Alex Burghart: Unite's backing for Corbyn threatens to disrupt …
... obviously I believe that only violent revolution will free the masses from the tyranny of the bourgeoisie', and a number of other members of the ... «Conservative Home, Jul 15»
5
Class Struggles
He was part of what the sociologist Robert C. Smith calls “the remittance bourgeoisie,” kids who are relatively privileged thanks to the money ... «Pacific Standard, Jul 15»
6
Economic Growth and Poverty in the Third World. UN Millennium …
However, in all of these states unrest has erupted emanating from the sharp divisions among the national bourgeoisie and the working masses ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
7
Gold Cup 2015 Profile: Cuba
Now the bourgeoisie American media will have you believe that the Cosmos won 4-1, but I have my suspicions - some fella called Raul is ... «Lion of Vienna Suite, Jul 15»
8
Australian workers and youth speak about the danger of war
... on the working class internationally to reject capitalism and to rise up and decide that it is going to make the calls, instead of the bourgeoisie. «World Socialist Web Site, Jul 15»
9
The "no" victory and the struggles ahead
The result has paralyzed the political forces of the bourgeoisie. The resignation of former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras as the leader of New ... «International Viewpoint, Jul 15»
10
Was the AK Party Islamist?
The AK Party, formerly an Islamist party, is seeking its ideology that it lost. But it is hard to find it in the palaces and today's Islamist bourgeoisie. «Today's Zaman, Jul 15»

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