the bourgeoisie
noun
: the middle class of society : the social class of skilled workers, business and professional people, and government officials
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The first wave of these jokes often incorporated gentle self-mockery from the bourgeoisie.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
It was worn mainly by the bourgeoisie to confirm their status.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
In the earlier case, punishment was geared toward sporadic displays of terror to enforce the King’s dominion over the population; in our own case, punishment aims to enforce standardized behavior and the rule of the bourgeoisie.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
The communist revolutions in China and Vietnam played functionally the same role as the rise of the bourgeoisie in nineteenth-century Europe.
—Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
French absorption painting came to seem as phony as the bourgeoisie itself, another product offering bottled AuthenticityTM.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2023
Both her brushstroke and figures resemble the caricatures of Honoré Daumier, a political cartoonist who skewered the bourgeoisie in 19th-century France.
—Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
And just the unease of the best people in the bourgeoisie.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2023
Karl Marx once said that the bourgeoisie produces its own gravediggers.
—Mohammad Ali Kadivar, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2019
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
It was worn mainly by the bourgeoisie to confirm their status.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
In the earlier case, punishment was geared toward sporadic displays of terror to enforce the King’s dominion over the population; in our own case, punishment aims to enforce standardized behavior and the rule of the bourgeoisie.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
The communist revolutions in China and Vietnam played functionally the same role as the rise of the bourgeoisie in nineteenth-century Europe.
—Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
French absorption painting came to seem as phony as the bourgeoisie itself, another product offering bottled AuthenticityTM.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2023
Both her brushstroke and figures resemble the caricatures of Honoré Daumier, a political cartoonist who skewered the bourgeoisie in 19th-century France.
—Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
And just the unease of the best people in the bourgeoisie.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2023
Karl Marx once said that the bourgeoisie produces its own gravediggers.
—Mohammad Ali Kadivar, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2019
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“The bourgeoisie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20bourgeoisie. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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