bourgeoisie

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Recent Examples of bourgeoisie Then a hotelier hung Nymphs and Satyr in a public bar, shaking up NYC's bourgeoisie. JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024 In the late 1830s and ’40s, in a dramatic shift, the Cologne bourgeoisie had formed a partnership with the Jews. John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024 Locals tacked disgruntled but clever verses onto the busts, writing satires that bemoaned the pope, the city’s bourgeoisie and the corrupt nature of those who held power. Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2024 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. Roberta Smith, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for bourgeoisie
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Noun
  • Somehow, this respectable foe of radicalism had organized the political realignment that broke up the Union, sustained the war that overthrew the South’s ruling class, and managed the struggle that emancipated its proletariat.
    Matthew Karp, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
  • As is the case with the aesthetics of people, exquisite lines can be found on patrician and proletariat cars alike.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • His base included young voters and the elderly, women, the urban middle class, and dual-nationality Moldovans who viewed Simion’s rhetoric as dangerously aligned with Russian authoritarianism.
    Veronica Anghel, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2025
  • The Vanishing Middle Class Perhaps most alarming is the hollowing out of Hollywood’s creative middle class.
    JD Barker, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • So many of the voting gains Republicans made have been to promoting legislative changes that benefit the middle and working classes.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
  • In fact, the Comprehensive Child Development Act aimed to expand a version of Head Start to the middle and working classes.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 10 May 2025

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“Bourgeoisie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bourgeoisie. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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