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.
President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday launched a broadside against such consumers, telling the weekly cabinet meeting that "sometimes it is the city-centre bourgeoisie that is funding the traffickers".
From BBC
"The Viennese bourgeoisie took them to cafes and shopping, and showed them the local monuments," he added.
From Barron's
They are one million percent not-wrong about that, and may indeed have a clearer grasp of that problem than the horrified Democrat-voting bourgeoisie who have convinced themselves that this isn’t who we are.
From Salon
Painting Laszlo as some mascot for the self-involved petty bourgeoisie would be easy to do if Berry’s performance didn’t smash all expectations.
From Salon
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