the bourgeoisie
noun
: the middle class of society : the social class of skilled workers, business and professional people, and government officials
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Their inability to adapt to more productive farming technologies and more efficient labor management led to a widespread transfer of land to emerging social classes, notably the bourgeoisie.
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Vitaliy Goncharuk, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
After the Iron Curtain fell, tennis exploded in the former communist countries, where tennis had long been scorned as a pursuit of the bourgeoisie.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
The ingredients, organic to a fault, read like a proto-induction into the proudly wholesome appetites of the bourgeoisie.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
The first wave of these jokes often incorporated gentle self-mockery from the bourgeoisie.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
It was worn mainly by the bourgeoisie to confirm their status.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
In the earlier case, punishment was geared toward sporadic displays of terror to enforce the King’s dominion over the population; in our own case, punishment aims to enforce standardized behavior and the rule of the bourgeoisie.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
The communist revolutions in China and Vietnam played functionally the same role as the rise of the bourgeoisie in nineteenth-century Europe.
—Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
French absorption painting came to seem as phony as the bourgeoisie itself, another product offering bottled AuthenticityTM.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2023
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Vitaliy Goncharuk, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
After the Iron Curtain fell, tennis exploded in the former communist countries, where tennis had long been scorned as a pursuit of the bourgeoisie.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
The ingredients, organic to a fault, read like a proto-induction into the proudly wholesome appetites of the bourgeoisie.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
The first wave of these jokes often incorporated gentle self-mockery from the bourgeoisie.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
It was worn mainly by the bourgeoisie to confirm their status.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
In the earlier case, punishment was geared toward sporadic displays of terror to enforce the King’s dominion over the population; in our own case, punishment aims to enforce standardized behavior and the rule of the bourgeoisie.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
The communist revolutions in China and Vietnam played functionally the same role as the rise of the bourgeoisie in nineteenth-century Europe.
—Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
French absorption painting came to seem as phony as the bourgeoisie itself, another product offering bottled AuthenticityTM.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2023
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