|
|||||
What is Bourgeois?According to Karl Marx, there were only two classes: those controlling the means of power and those not. The bourgeois were those who controlled the political system, creating laws and values that would ensure their control of power over the proletariat working class. The bourgeois Board of Trustees at the College of St. Benedict are trying to make us live on campus all four years, what a violation of freedom! Bourgeois - meme gifBourgeois - videoBourgeois - what is it?the quality of being extravagant or hoity-toity. Originally used by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to describe the class antagonism in Europe at the end of the 19th century. -Did you hear that Pete got a brand new Mazarati? What does "Bourgeois" mean?originally refers to the middle class people in a capitalist society, however now used to refer to posh people. Monica ft Dem Franchise Boyz - Everytime the Beat Drop: Bourgeois - what does it mean?According to Karl Marx, there were only two classes: those controlling the means of power and those not. The bourgeois were those who controlled the political system, creating laws and values that would ensure their control of power over the proletariat working class. The bourgeois Board of Trustees at the College of St. Benedict are trying to make us live on campus all four years, what a violation of freedom! Bourgeois - meaningAdj. When pronounced "BOO-zhee" (soft-j sound like in French) refers to a quality of (sometimes mildly) snobby-without-realizing-it, upper-middle-class sensibilities. Usually associated with upper-middle-income white people, but not necessarily. Can involve driving the right car, getting the right (healthy or gourmet) foods, having a professional/white-collar job, always having "nice" things, $4 lattes at Starbucks or elsewhere because you think you're above Starbucks, having a well-diversified stock portfolio and other retirement savings, having a special set of dishes and everything else just for Christmas, status-symbol kids or pets, carbon offsets, thinking $15 wine is cheap, listening to NPR, and gentrifying neighborhoods. Even though not all of these things may be bad and some of them could be done by anybody (like healthy food or looking down on Starbucks), it's a certain combination and a certain attitude that goes along with it that you know when you see. As with many type-of-people-describing things, there can be some overlap with other things, yuppy stuff and hipster stuff especially (although hipsters tend to be associated with 20-somethings, and yuppies tend to be younger-middle-age; bourgeois has more of an association with younger-middle-age-thru-older-middle-age); can be distinguished from super-rich stuff; some people might do bourgeois things occasionally or do things in a bourgeois way, but some people are just bourgeois and usually don't realize it. This neighborhood used to be a lively working-class Latino neighborhood, but then all these yuppies moved in cause it was close to downtown and was actually a pretty cool neighborhood, and now there's all these bourgeois shops and cafes everywhere and everyone's property values went up. Bourgeois - definitionI wonder if the Bourgeois knows about the Tennis Court Oath? Bourgeois - slangA person of extreme importance. Usually French. Can be an ass. The best people ever. Did you see that Bourgeois? BourgeoisShort for Bourgeoisie, it's a name for middle class; music is what makes them come together Those people are listening to music and coming together, they must be Bourgeois BourgeoisAccording to Marx and Engels, the Bourgeois class, also called the Bourgeoisie, is a term for those who make money off of other people's labor, rather than doing their own labor. Typically in reference to rich people. My stupid, bourgeois landlord is raising my rent again, and I dont have the money! BourgeoisBourgeoisie, in todays terms, means middle-class, and is usually used as a pejorative term for the materialistic, rather affluent, conventional-minded part of society that "feels" on the upper levels. This group is hierarchically narrow-minded and overly-concerned with the idea of social levels, despising everything and everyone that doesn't "measure up" socially and/or financially. When making new acquaintances, they normally put an exceptionally high-priority on well-established backgrounds, traditional manners (feeling therewith aristocratic, according to their clichΓ©es), and wealth and social status. Utterly socially pedantic themselves, they'll always be afraid of what may seem unconventional or considered socially odd. Reference to the movie "The Talented Mr. Ripley", where a modern usage of the above definition is used. |
|||||
www.Definder.net Powered by Urban Dictionary |