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Recent Examples of bourgeoisie
Klimt, of course, is Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), the Austrian modernist widely beloved for his paintings of the most beautiful women of Vienna’s haute bourgeoisie.
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Roberta Smith, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
The Black bourgeoisie is very present in corporate America.
—Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Here’s where Jefferson’s complicity with Hollywood’s black bourgeoisie prevents him from launching a caustic media critique.
—Armond White, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
This custom has its roots back in the 1880s when Madrid’s bourgeoisie adopted the French tradition of enjoying grapes and champagne on New Year's Eve.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 1 Dec. 2023
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Roberta Smith, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
The Black bourgeoisie is very present in corporate America.
—Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Here’s where Jefferson’s complicity with Hollywood’s black bourgeoisie prevents him from launching a caustic media critique.
—Armond White, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
This custom has its roots back in the 1880s when Madrid’s bourgeoisie adopted the French tradition of enjoying grapes and champagne on New Year's Eve.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 1 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bourgeoisie
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Inspired by Karl Marx, the Bolsheviks dreamed of a world communist revolution and held special expectations for Germany, Marx’s homeland, and for its proletariat.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2023
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The first scenario does much more to reduce poverty, demonstrating the importance of permanently expanding access to unemployment insurance to workers with nontraditional jobs—part-timers, freelancers, and other members of the gig economy’s swelling proletariat.Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
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The middle class built America, and unions built the middle class.Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Dec. 2024
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Unions, instrumental in building the mid-20th-century middle class, continue to benefit society, with one in nine U.S. workers unionized.Solange Charas, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Trump has been able to channel the intensifying anger of the white working class away from the real causes of working-class distress — away from the big corporations, wealthy individuals, and denizens of Wall Street whose money has rigged the game against average working people.Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 12 Nov. 2024
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Until last week, Democratic Party retained the loyalty of the working classes with the bells and whistles of identity politics.David Medina, Hartford Courant, 18 Nov. 2024
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“Bourgeoisie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bourgeoisie. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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