According to Karl Marx, there were only two classes: those controlling the means of power and those not. The bourgeois were those who controlled the political system, creating laws and values that would ensure their control of power over the proletariat working class.
The bourgeois Board of Trustees at the College of St. Benedict are trying to make us live on campus all four years, what a violation of freedom!
by Sam Gavin April 12, 2008
Get the bourgeois mug.According to Marx and Engels, the Bourgeois class, also called the Bourgeoisie, is a term for those who make money off of other people's labor, rather than doing their own labor. Typically in reference to rich people.
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Stemming from the French word bourgeoisie. Pronounced "boo-zhee"
Someone who is class-conscious, with educated and discerning tastes, and interested in enjoying the finer things in life. It is definitely not high-class, aristoratic, snooty, or snobbish. “Bourgie” is as much an idea, and a state of mind, as it is an attitude towards enjoying good food, good friends, and good conversation, everyday. It evokes a mood of simple elegance, casual yet sophisticated—modern.
Someone who is class-conscious, with educated and discerning tastes, and interested in enjoying the finer things in life. It is definitely not high-class, aristoratic, snooty, or snobbish. “Bourgie” is as much an idea, and a state of mind, as it is an attitude towards enjoying good food, good friends, and good conversation, everyday. It evokes a mood of simple elegance, casual yet sophisticated—modern.
"Check out old girl in the Mercedes. Isn't she from 82nd and International (Oakland)? Oh I guess she's bourgie now!"
by MP$40 July 25, 2006
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Get the bourget mug.A new class of late 20-somethings that are accustom to the "finer things" but are suddenly finding themselves strapped for cash and job hunting. Best used as an adjective for a behavioral juxtoposition which demonstrates the clash between their residual behaviors/issues from their former and current lifestyles.
My phone is messed up. I think when I went to Europe and switched sim cards, I damaged my american sim card. Now I'm too busy job hunting and too broke to replace it. I know, boo-ho me and my hobo bourgeois excuses...
by Rita Hudetz March 11, 2009
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If you think you are better than other people just because you have wealth, you do not deserve that wealth whatsoever and I hope you lose it for being so arrogant. You make other people feel bad, and the majority of homeless people actually deserve what you have because they are less horrible than you.
by BadLieutenant September 5, 2004
Get the bourgeoisie mug.1972 movie by Luis Bunel in which a group of friends try to dinner together but can't because something odd always comes up.
"Hey this is the third time this week that we had to cancel getting together because somthing suddenly came up. It's just like that Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie movie"
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