1. Conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
   "a bourgeois mentality";
   - conservative, materialistic, bourgie [N. Amer, informal], bougie [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. Belonging to the middle class
   "Their bourgeois lifestyle was typical of suburban America";
   - bourgie [N. Amer, informal], bougie [N. Amer, informal]
    
3. (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
   "The bourgeois factory owners were criticized for their treatment of workers"

1. A member of the middle class
   "The bourgeois couple enjoyed their comfortable suburban lifestyle";
   - burgher
    
2. A capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
   "The bourgeois invested in several promising startups";
   - businessperson

Derived forms: bourgeoises

See also: capitalist, capitalistic, middle-class

Type of: capitalist, common person, commoner

Part of: bourgeoisie, middle class

Encyclopedia: Bourgeois, Steve