Translations for „bourgeois“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

I . bourgeois [ˈbɔ:ʒwɑ:, Am ˈbʊrʒ-] ADJ

1. bourgeois (capitalist):

bourgeois

burżuazyjny

2. bourgeois pej (materialistic):

to be bourgeois

być materialistą

3. bourgeois pej (conventional):

bourgeois

mieszczański

4. bourgeois (of middle class):

bourgeois voters

wyborcy mpl należący do klasy średniej

II . bourgeois [ˈbɔ:ʒwɑ:, Am ˈbʊrʒ-] N

1. bourgeois (capitalist):

bourgeois

burżuj m

2. bourgeois pej (materialist):

bourgeois

materialista(-tka) m (f)

3. bourgeois (middle class person):

bourgeois

członek m klasy średniej

Usage examples with bourgeois

bourgeois voters

wyborcy mpl należący do klasy średniej

to be bourgeois

być materialistą

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Communes are proposed as the proletarian counterpart to bourgeois political forms such as parliaments.

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It was also more bourgeois, being essentially created by citizens for citizens, with their tastes and their concerns in mind.

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The two warring factions both agreed that the coming revolution would primarily be bourgeois democratic in its character.

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The declared aim was the destruction of bourgeois marriage and private property, free love, and collective education of the children.

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His search for moral ideals was expressed in his poetization of the natural man, who resists the hypocrisy of bourgeois society.

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The poem, written to frighten the bourgeois, was modeled after the custom of the period.

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Bourgeois concurred, adding that female students filled the swamp and conducted fire drills.

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In 1948, genetics was officially declared a bourgeois pseudoscience; all geneticists were fired from work (some were also arrested), and all genetic research was discontinued.

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They said he provided no solution to conflicts in the stories, and was unable to overcome his bourgeois background.

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They predicted that a proletarian revolution would eventually overthrow bourgeois capitalism and create a classless, stateless, post-monetary society.

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