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bourgeois

Belonging to or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

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Example

The artist rejected what she considered the bourgeois preoccupation with comfort and social respectability.

Synonyms

middle-classconventionalmaterialistic

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