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1. (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
    
2. Conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
   "a bourgeois mentality";
   - conservative, materialistic, bourgie [N. Amer, informal], bougie [N. Amer, informal]
    
3. Belonging to the middle class
   - bougie [N. Amer, informal], bourgie [N. Amer, informal]

1. A capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
   - businessperson
    
2. A member of the middle class
   - burgher

Derived forms: bourgeoises

See also: capitalist, capitalistic, middle-class

Type of: capitalist, common man, common person, commoner

Part of: bourgeoisie, middle class

Encyclopedia: Bourgeois, Steve