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Bourgeois meaning: social history, tone, and careful use

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Bourgeois can mean connected with the middle class, especially in social history. It can also be a critical word for attitudes or tastes that seem conventional, status-conscious, or overly concerned with material comfort.

The historian examined bourgeois life in nineteenth-century cities.
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