bourgeois society

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• bourgeois — [[t]bʊ͟ə(r)ʒwɑː[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle class people. He s accusing them of… …   English dictionary

• BOURGEOIS —    the solid citizen whose mode of life is at once stable and solvent. The earliest adverse meanings show an aristocratic contempt for the middle class and a PHILOSOPHICAL and intellectual disdain for their ideas. MARX attacked what he called… …   Concise dictionary of Religion

• Bourgeois — Bour*geois , n. [F., fr. bourg town; of German origin. See {Burgess}.] A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. [France.] [1913 Webster] a. Characteristic of the middle class, as in France. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bourgeois — 1 adjective 1 too interested in having a lot of possessions and a high position in society: the Sixties backlash against bourgeois materialism 2 belonging to the middle class 3 belonging to or typical of the part of society that is rich, educated …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bourgeois — bour|geois [ˈbuəʒwa: US burˈʒwa:] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: person who lives in a town , from Old French borjois, from borc town , from Latin burgus castle, town defended by a wall ] 1.) belonging to the ↑middle class ▪ She came… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Society of Communist Czechoslovakia — Czechoslovakia, of all the East European countries, entered the postwar era with a relatively balanced social structure and an equitable distribution of resources. Despite some poverty, overall it was a country of relatively well off workers,… …   Wikipedia

• society — noun 1 people who have shared customs and laws ADJECTIVE ▪ larger, wider ▪ the position of women within the family and the wider society ▪ entire, whole ▪ An entire society has been co …   Collocations dictionary

• Bourgeois, Léon — ▪ French politician and statesman in full  Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois   born May 21, 1851, Paris, France died Sept. 29, 1925, Château d Oger, near Épernay  French politician and statesman, an ardent promoter of the League of Nations (Nations,… …   Universalium

• Society of the Friends of Music —    / Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde    Founded in 1812 by music lovers from both aristocratic and bourgeois circles, the Society was to revive Viennese music life, which had declined badly during the Napoleonic Wars and the French occupation.… …   Historical dictionary of Austria

• bourgeois — adj. Bourgeois is used with these nouns: ↑culture, ↑ideology, ↑liberal, ↑liberalism, ↑respectability, ↑revolution, ↑society …   Collocations dictionary

• Classless society — Classlessness redirects here. For Internet routing in which class distinctions are ignored, see Classless routing. Part of the series on …   Wikipedia