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How to pronounce “bourgeois”

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Pronunciation guide for bourgeois

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of bourgeois with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Luke Syson: How I learned to stop worrying and love "useless" art 13 minutes, 11 secondsIt's a triumph, in a way, of bourgeois values rather than aristocratic ones.
Definition summary: Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.

Example 1 of 8

Luke Syson: How I learned to stop worrying and love "useless" art 13 minutes, 11 seconds

It's a triumph, in a way, of bourgeois values rather than aristocratic ones.

[Adjective]
Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
(historical) Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
(Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually derogatory) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
[Noun]
(politics, collectively, usually in the plural) The middle class.
(rare) An individual member of the middle class.
(usually derogatory) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
(history) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
(Marxism) A capitalist, (usually derogatory) an exploiter of the proletariat.
[Verb]
(transitive) To make bourgeois.

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