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bourgeois

adjective as in materialistic, middle class

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I’m kind of embarrassed to admit this because it seems hopelessly bourgeois—especially when my own grandmother spent much of her adult life working as a cleaning person.

From Slate

According to Hearst’s memoir, Emily Harris fired the gun that killed Myrna Opsahl and derided her as a “bourgeois pig.”

Orgon, a wealthy bourgeois who has taken a much younger second wife, signs over his soul to Tartuffe, a lecherous swindler who poses as a saint while pursuing a diabolical agenda.

In a recording of an internal Zoom call, Ziklag’s Mark Bourgeois stressed the electoral value of targeting Arizona.

From Salon

“I care about Maricopa County,” Bourgeois said at one point, referring to Arizona’s largest county, which Biden won four years ago.

From Salon

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