bourgeoisie

Example Sentences

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Part hobo, part insult comic, part performance artist, Diogenes flaunted his disregard for convention in ways that scandalized the bourgeoisie of Athens and, later, Corinth, after his banishment from Sinope became permanent.

From The Wall Street Journal

Not for him were the depictions of the lives and leisure of the wealthy or the bourgeoisie favored by Renoir, Cassatt and Morisot.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The Viennese bourgeoisie took them to cafes and shopping, and showed them the local monuments," he added.

From Barron's

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

"Before the MFM, the struggle on China's cultural front was a struggle between the new culture of the bourgeoisie and the old culture of the feudal class," he wrote.

From Salon