bourgeoisie
Property-holding stratum
The bourgeoisie is the middle class, particularly as a social and economic category.
In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are the capitalist class who own the means of production, distinguished from the proletariat (workers) and the aristocracy.
Outside strict Marxist usage, the term often carries connotations of conventional, materialistic values and concern with respectability: the comfortable bourgeoisie of the suburbs.
The adjective is bourgeois.
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- alienationState of being isolated
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- dialecticsReasoning through contradiction
ideology · hegemony · superstructure · lumpenproletariat · vanguard · oppression · Engels · communism
Abundance of money
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- estatesLarge property holdings
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
assets · luxury · mansions · furnishings · antiques · servants · carriages · investments
Wealth used for investment
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- ownershipLegal right of possession
- profitGain exceeding expenditure
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
commerce · trade · industry · investment · accumulation · commodities · markets · privatization
Intermediate socioeconomic group
- merchantsThose who conduct commerce
- industrialistsOwners of manufacturing enterprises
- entrepreneursThose who launch ventures
- professionalsSkilled, paid practitioners
white-collar · shopkeepers · salaried · suburban · stratification · homeownership · respectability · conventionality
Power to affect others
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- establishmentFounded organization or venue
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
authority · control · ascendancy · elite · oligarchy · plutocracy · entrenchment · gatekeeping
Flavor perception ability
- mannersCustoms of polite conduct
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- decorumFitting social conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
conformity · respectability · refinement · cultivation · patronage · salons · opera · theatre
proletariat
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- alienationState of being isolated
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
dialectics · ideology · hegemony · superstructure · lumpenproletariat · vanguard · oppression · Engels · communism · socialism
affluence
Abundance of money
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- estatesLarge property holdings
inheritance · assets · luxury · mansions · furnishings · antiques · servants · carriages · investments · portfolio
capital
Wealth used for investment
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- ownershipLegal right of possession
- profitGain exceeding expenditure
enterprise · commerce · trade · industry · investment · accumulation · commodities · markets · privatization · free-market
middle-class
Intermediate socioeconomic group
- merchantsThose who conduct commerce
- industrialistsOwners of manufacturing enterprises
- entrepreneursThose who launch ventures
professionals · white-collar · shopkeepers · salaried · suburban · stratification · homeownership · respectability · conventionality · complacency
influence
Power to affect others
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- establishmentFounded organization or venue
privilege · authority · control · ascendancy · elite · oligarchy · plutocracy · entrenchment · gatekeeping · exclusivity
taste
Flavor perception ability
propriety · conformity · respectability · refinement · cultivation · patronage · salons · opera · theatre · galleries
- 1830s Franceconstitutional monarchy, Bourbon Restoration, tricolor flag, tricolor, barricades
- Marxist WorksCommunist Manifesto, Das Kapital, The Holy Family, Holy Family, Collected Works
- human groupstribe, clan, class, caste, crowd
- 1700sMozart, Voltaire, colonial period, French Revolution, William III
- high societygossip, socialites, socialite, aristocrats, aristocrat
- populacethe masses, common folk, ordinary people, general public, hoi polloi
bourgeoisieproletariat
Laborers lacking capital ownership
working class · workers · labor · wage earners · peasantry
bourgeoisiearistocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
nobility · gentility · gentlefolk · landed gentry · patricians
bourgeoisiebohemians
Unconventional artistic types
counterculture · avant-garde · radicals · nonconformists · free spirits
- bourgeois valuesMiddle-class social standards
- bourgeois cultureValues of the propertied mainstream
- bourgeois lifeComfortable, conventional middle-class way
- petit bourgeoisLower middle-class mentality
- petty bourgeoisLower middle-class property owner
- bourgeois societyCommercial class's social system