bourgeois
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The scenic decor and costumes situate us in the late 19th century of Ibsen’s bourgeois Norway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Yurlady comes from a poor family, several generations stuffed into a single small apartment, and the divisions between her and the more bourgeois creative class aren’t melted away by sheer Wordsworthian magic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
She married at 18 years old, leaving her bourgeois family home in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, where she attended a private Catholic school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
But in Chew-Bose’s passion to dig deeper into the circumstances underpinning a young girl’s life-altering cruelty, there’s an over-intellectualization of motive, a need to continually crack the sleek surface of Sagan’s bourgeois characters with self-reflection.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025
With the start of the Cultural Revolution all the stamp shops were closed down, because stamp collecting was considered bourgeois.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
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