Bourgeois meaning


I wasn't sure exactly what the term meant other than always hearing "oh that's so bourgoise", so I looked it up: "of or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes."

Reminds me of a mad magazine satire of some Spielberg movie (Close Encounters?) where it starts out with a woman saying something like "I'm a typical middle class suburban housewife in a typical middle class suburb".

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There are communists and bourgeoise,

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It means nouveau riche

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