bourgeois

Example Sentences

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He went to secondary school in the wealthy bourgeois 16th arrondissement of Paris, where he said he felt an uncomfortable outsider, and later attended the elite ENA administration school.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The scenic decor and costumes situate us in the late 19th century of Ibsen’s bourgeois Norway.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

The son of wealthy Venezuelan Marxists, Ramírez quaffed champagne and chased women like the most sybaritic of bourgeois youth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

"They let you know if they're getting bored. It's not bourgeois polite and that appeals to me."

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025

My argument was that it was as undemocratic to specify that the leaders had to be from the working class as to declare that they should be bourgeois intellectuals.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela