bourgeoisie
Example Sentences
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Not for him were the depictions of the lives and leisure of the wealthy or the bourgeoisie favored by Renoir, Cassatt and Morisot.
This is not Dubai or Tokyo, but Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, where a socialist revolution once promised equality and an end to the bourgeoisie.
From New York Times
The art business puts the precariat and the bourgeoisie in proximity, which can certainly breed resentment.
From New York Times
In the press conference given by police following the arrest, Palermo prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia said that Messina Denaro had likely been aided by the "Mafioso bourgeoisie" - referring to local professionals, entrepreneurs and politicians.
From BBC
Questions remain on the extent to which political and other establishment connections allowed the mobster to escape justice for so long, with de Lucia calling his presumed white collar enablers "Mafia bourgeoisie".
From Reuters
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
