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The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
Vladimir Lenin

Meaning of "the bourgeoisie" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE BOURGEOISIE

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WHAT DOES THE BOURGEOISIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of the bourgeoisie in the English dictionary

The definition of the bourgeoisie in the dictionary is the middle classes. Other definition of the bourgeoisie is the ruling class of the two basic classes of capitalist society, consisting of capitalists, manufacturers, bankers, and other employers. The bourgeoisie owns the most important of the means of production, through which it exploits the working class.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE BOURGEOISIE

the boards
the boat race
the Boche
the body politic
the bollocks
the bomb
the book
the boondocks
the boot
the boot is on the other foot
the Border
the Bosporus
the bottle
the bounce
the Bowery
the box
the boy
the bright lights
the briny
the British disease

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE BOURGEOISIE

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

Synonyms and antonyms of the bourgeoisie in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the bourgeoisie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE BOURGEOISIE

Find out the translation of the bourgeoisie to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the 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 «the bourgeoisie» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

资产阶级
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la burguesía
570 millions of speakers

English

the 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

a burguesia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বুর্জোয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la bourgeoisie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Borjuasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die 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

giai cấp tư sản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முதலாளித்துவம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बुर्जीझी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Burjuvazi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

la borghesia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

burżuazja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

буржуазія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

burghezia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

η αστική τάξη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die 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 the bourgeoisie

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE BOURGEOISIE»

The term «the bourgeoisie» is regularly used and occupies the 98.544 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE BOURGEOISIE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the bourgeoisie» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the bourgeoisie» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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7 QUOTES WITH «THE BOURGEOISIE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the bourgeoisie.
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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.
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Vladimir Lenin
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE BOURGEOISIE»

Discover the use of the bourgeoisie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the bourgeoisie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
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
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
Zola and the bourgeoisie: a study of themes and techniques ...
The unsentimental but sympathetic portrayal of the working class in such novels as Germinal and L'Assommoir confirmed Zola's social and political interests, but as Brian Nelson points out in this study, Zola was also a great chronicler of ...
Brian Nelson, 1983
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Bourgeoisie, State, and Democracy: Russia, Britain, France, ...
This book is a comparative study of the emergence, political influence and political role of businessmen in political life.
Graeme J. Gill, 2008
7
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
8
Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Demise of Empire : Ottoman ...
Instead, the Ottoman empire was replaced by the Turkish nation-state and others in the Balkans and the Middle East. This work will appeal to students of sociology and Ottoman studies.
Fatma Muge Gocek Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Michigan, 1995
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Art and the German Bourgeoisie: Alfred Lichtwark and Modern ...
the bourgeoisie. The result was a German middle class lacking a strong sense of identity and confidence, in stark contrast to their British or French counterparts.83 Lichtwark wanted only the best qualities of the Burgertum to reemerge, based, ...
Carolyn Helen Kay, 2002
10
The Politics of National Capitalism: Peronism and the ...
James Brennan and Marcelo Rougier aim to provide a political history of this national bourgeoisie in this book.
James P. Brennan, Marcelo Rougier, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE BOURGEOISIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the bourgeoisie is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Marxist View of the Democrats' Entitlement Economy
Marx said that the bourgeoisie control all the wealth, they own the factories and ... In short, Democrats have replaced Marx's two classes, the bourgeoisie and ... «American Thinker, Mar 15»
2
DVDs and downloads: The Kidnapping of Michel Houllebecq, The …
If you prefer your seasonal viewing a tad less literal, head on over to Mubi, where Luis Buñuel's eternally subversive The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
3
Must We Hate the Bourgeoisie?
Dale, it's all very well and good to have fun tossing around two-dimensional stereotypes of unpopular classes of human beings (and there are none more hated ... «First Things, May 14»
4
Nicolas Maduro steps up offensive against 'bourgeoisie' with profit …
“Did the bourgeoisie think I was playing?” the leftist leader thundered on state television as he signed the law “for the control of costs, the control of prices, the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 13»
5
At Prada, Check Out the Bourgeoisie
Ms. Prada, wearing a checked shirt and calling it “my obsession,” said the starting point of the set was a still life of the bourgeoisie — a subject of constant ... «New York Times, Jan 13»
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Film Review: 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'
Made by Spanish-born director Luis Buñuel in 1972, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is a deliciously surreal comedy rereleased by StudioCanal and the ... «Cine-Vue, Jun 12»
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The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie - A dinner that charts …
Nonetheless, Luis Buñuel's film on this seemingly whimsical subject, The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie (1972) (due to be re-released next month) won an ... «The Independent, Jun 12»
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"Chasing over the surface of the globe"
[The bourgeoisie] has resolved personal worth into exchange value, and in place of the numberless indefeasible chartered freedoms, has set up that single, ... «Socialist Worker Online, Jan 12»
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The Bourgeoisie, Egalitarianism, and the Death of Culture
3) By embracing the concept of egalitarianism, the bourgeoisie is precipitating the dissolution of our culture and the self-destruction of the middle class.[i]. «American Thinker, Dec 10»
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How the bourgeoisie changed the world - in a good way
But it turns out we've got the bourgeoisie entirely wrong. Far from being the champions of banality and the enemies of joy, contrarian economic historian Deirdre ... «The Globe and Mail, Nov 10»

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