bourgeoisie

This uncomfortably hilarious and cutting dramedy from Simón Mesa Soto addresses both artistic failure and how often creative fields expect voices from disadvantaged backgrounds to exploit their trauma for the edification of the bourgeoisie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

Part hobo, part insult comic, part performance artist, Diogenes flaunted his disregard for convention in ways that scandalized the bourgeoisie of Athens and, later, Corinth, after his banishment from Sinope became permanent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

"The Viennese bourgeoisie took them to cafes and shopping, and showed them the local monuments," he added.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

A daughter of Washington, D.C.’s Black bourgeoisie, Horn often attired herself in furs and white gloves, but she could outlast even the hardiest barfly as the night wore on.

From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2024

I find a third word: bourgeoisie, spelled bowrgeoisie.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

The city bourgeoisies that had previously resisted the government, now supported it in this one particular, persecution of the Anabaptists.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

The protectionism and the exclusiveness of the bourgeoisies are brought to an end.

From The Stages in the Social History of Capitalism by Pirenne, Henri

At this hour, you are the only one who can speak to all alike—to the common people and to the bourgeoisies of the nations.

From The Forerunners by Rolland, Romain

One might wonder indeed if Anarchism, an essentially bourgeois doctrine, had not found adepts among the French bourgeoisie, the most blasée of all bourgeoisies.

From Anarchism and Socialism by Plekhanov, Georgii Valentinovich