bourgeois

Universal Words adjective 1 belonging to the middle class: a traditional bourgeois family seealsoPETITBOURGEOIS 2 (disapproving) interested mainly in possessions and social status and supporting traditional values: bourgeois attitudes / tastes * They've become very bourgeois since they got married. 3 (politics) supporting the interests of CAPITALISM: bourgeois ideology bourgeois noun (plural bourgeois)