anti-bourgeois
Opposing comfortable conformity
Anti-bourgeois describes opposition to middle-class values, tastes, or conventions—especially materialism, respectability, and comfortable conformity.
The term appears in political and artistic contexts: Marxists critique bourgeois capitalism, while bohemians reject bourgeois lifestyle: His anti-bourgeois stance meant refusing a corporate job.
The attitude can be genuinely radical or merely posturing.
Seeking fundamental systemic change
- MarxistCommunist theory follower
- proletarianWage laborer, no capital
- socialistProponent of collective ownership
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
communist · radical · collectivist · anticapitalist · working-class · Bolshevik · Maoist · anarchist
Innovative cultural pioneers
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
- counterculturalOpposing mainstream society
- subversiveSeeking to undermine authority
- transgressiveViolating accepted boundaries
Dadaist · provocative · unconventional · underground · experimental · nonconformist · beatnik · punk
Adherent of severity
- minimalistOne favoring bare essentials
- starkSevere and unadorned
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
- unadornedLacking decoration or ornament
functional · industrial · stripped-down · utilitarian · proletarian · constructivist · agitprop · poster art
revolutionary
Seeking fundamental systemic change
- MarxistCommunist theory follower
- proletarianWage laborer, no capital
- socialistProponent of collective ownership
class struggle · communist · radical · collectivist · anticapitalist · working-class · Bolshevik · Maoist · anarchist · leftist
avant-garde
Innovative cultural pioneers
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
- counterculturalOpposing mainstream society
- subversiveSeeking to undermine authority
transgressive · Dadaist · provocative · unconventional · underground · experimental · nonconformist · beatnik · punk · outsider
brutalist
Adherent of severity
- minimalistOne favoring bare essentials
- starkSevere and unadorned
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
unadorned · functional · industrial · stripped-down · utilitarian · proletarian · constructivist · agitprop · poster art · social realism
- avant-gardeDada, Dadaism, Futurism, Constructivism, Cabaret Voltaire
- Bohemiabohemian dress, boho chic, free spirits, nonconformists, counterculture
anti-bourgeoisbourgeois
Middle-class and conventional
middle-class · capitalist · petit-bourgeois · petty-bourgeois · propertied
anti-bourgeoisconventional
Following accepted practices
respectable · conformist · traditionalist · conservative · mainstream
anti-bourgeoisreactionary
Anti-progress political stance
counter-revolutionary · conservative · establishment · establishmentarian · right-wing