bourgeoisie's
Wealthy merchants' possessions
The possessive form of bourgeoisie, the middle class—particularly property owners, merchants, and professionals who occupy the social stratum between aristocracy and working class.
In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie owns the means of production: The bourgeoisie's interests conflicted with those of the proletariat.
More loosely, it describes conventional middle-class values: the bourgeoisie's obsession with respectability.
Intermediate socioeconomic group
- respectabilityMoral and social worthiness
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- conformityAdherence to norms
- statusOne's relative position
affluence · pretension · convention · manners · comfortable · aspirational · upwardly mobile · professional
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- means of productionTools and facilities for manufacturing
- exploitationSelfish use of others
revolution · Marx · Engels · oppression · ruling class · labor · surplus value · dialectic
Late-1700s republican upheaval
- 1789Late eighteenth century
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
citizen · Paris · merchant class · guild · urban · industrialization · nineteenth century · Victorian
Flavor perception ability
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- lifestylePersonal living pattern
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- domesticityLife centered around home
refinement · decorum · salon · parlor · drawing room · aesthetics · morality · virtue
middle class
Intermediate socioeconomic group
- respectabilityMoral and social worthiness
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- conformityAdherence to norms
status · affluence · pretension · convention · manners · comfortable · aspirational · upwardly mobile · professional · merchant
proletariat
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- means of productionTools and facilities for manufacturing
exploitation · revolution · Marx · Engels · oppression · ruling class · labor · surplus value · dialectic · alienation
French Revolution
Late-1700s republican upheaval
- 1789Late eighteenth century
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
monarchy · citizen · Paris · merchant class · guild · urban · industrialization · nineteenth century · Victorian · Enlightenment
taste
Flavor perception ability
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- lifestylePersonal living pattern
- consumptionUsing up of resources
domesticity · refinement · decorum · salon · parlor · drawing room · aesthetics · morality · virtue · family
bourgeoisie'slaborer's
Of a toiler
worker's · peasantry's · proletarian · workers · masses
bourgeoisie'spauper's
Belonging to the destitute
beggar's · commoner's · plebeian · masses
- petty bourgeoisieSmall proprietor class